The group of PDP-Laban officers led by Senator Manny Pacquiao accuses energy chief Alfonso Cusi of disloyalty to the party.
PDP-Laban has expelled its own vice chairman, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, and secretary-general Melvin Matibag for allegedly supporting the presidential candidacy of a party outsider – Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.
It was signed by Pacquiao and Deputy Speaker Arnolfo Teves Jr, the party's acting secretary-general. Matibag, however, has been referred to by Cusi as the party's real acting secretary-general. "He is guilty of having allegiance to a candidate and her political ideals and party. Such a candidate does not even believe in Federalism, her party fielded candidates against and opposed official candidates of PDP-Laban in 2019 Elections, and she is vehemently opposed to joining the PDP Laban Party," reads the resolution.
Meanwhile, Matibag, in a message to Rappler, dismissed the move of Pacquiao's group and said they would get their"day of reckoning" on July 17, the date of their next national assembly.
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