Ground support strengthens in Visayas for Villar
Nacionalista Party (NP) standard bearer Senator Manny Villar is off to the finish line of the Presidential race with widened and strengthened ground support in the Visayas.
Latest defections throughout the region added to the Villar forces here even as continued attacks were hurled against the Ilonggo Senator. With some 12 days left to election day, the Villar fever rages marked by public declaration of support and numerous “silent” change of party allegiances.
Senator Villar is hailed as the “embodiment of a competent and able President.” He has since waged a war against poverty stressing that “the battle against poverty can only be led by someone who has overcome it.”
To note, no other candidate comes close to understanding and experiencing poverty just as no other candidate has the competence, experience and track record to end poverty in the country.
To Villar’s credit is his track record of accomplishments and experience in governance. From humble beginnings in the slums of Manila , Senator Villar went from poor boy in Tondo to Asia ’s largest homebuilder. He said it was purely hard work and unparalleled business acumen that led him to becoming a millionaire at age 28 following his venture into the business of developing low-cost housing.
Manny Villar: A respected public servant
In 1992, he entered politics and was elected Congressman of Las Pinas and Muntinlupa for three terms in a row, consistently posting landslide victories. As congressman, he authored 44 laws among which were New Foreign Investments Act, RA 9178 Barangay Micro Business Enterprises Act, RA 9189 Overseas Absentee Voting Act, RA 9208 Anti-Trafficking of Persons Act, RA 9257 An Act Granting Additional Benefits and Privileges to Senior Citizens, and RA 9262 Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act.
In 2001, he was elected Senator where he gained the respect of his peers at the Senate and elected Senate President. As a senator, he has been consistently among the top filers of bills and resolutions in the Upper Chamber. He continues this distinction until the present 14th Congress. As of December 31, 2009, for the 14th Congress, Villar has the second most number of legislation filed in the Senate with 737 bills and resolutions.
In fact, among the presidentiables, Villar has the highest number of bills and resolutions filed.
