Author Topic: LP expels Camarines Norte governor for immorality (Read 949 times)

hubag bohol · « **on:** June 27, 2015, 02:12:35 PM »

By: Marlon Ramos
@inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer
04:43 AM June 26th, 2015

Saying that his â€œgrossly immoral actâ€ had â€œtarnished the good name and reputation of the LP as a whole,â€ the ruling Liberal Party expelled from its roster Camarines Norte Gov. Edgardo Tallado, whose extramarital affair came out on social media in October last year.

In its June 15 resolution, a copy of which was furnished the Inquirer yesterday, the LP noted that the scandal involving the governor had hogged headlines and that a photo showing him shirtless with a half-naked young woman had also become viral on social media.

The affair came to light after Tallado had initially claimed that his wife, Josefina, and her friend had gone missing. But his wife surfaced a few days later and disclosed to media that she had left their conjugal home in Daet, on Oct. 17, 2014, after Tallado had threatened her on suspicion that she had posted on Facebook his picture with his alleged mistress.

The governorâ€™s wife also accused her husband of physically assaulting her.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2015, 02:13:19 PM »

Disloyalty

Talladoâ€™s expulsion stemmed from a complaint filed by Daet Mayor Tito Sarion whom the governor had earlier accused of disloyalty for attending a gathering organized by their political rivals in the province. Tallado

also claimed that Sarion was spreading rumors that [the governor] would support a non-LP presidential candidate, charges that the party later dismissed.

Sarion, in turn, accused his erstwhile political ally of disloyalty by inviting opposition senators JV Ejercito and Bong Revilla to the province. Tallado, the mayor said, also has pending criminal and administrative cases of human rights violations and illegal mining operations in Camarines Norte.

In its five-page decision, the LP said â€œTallado [had] committed a grossly immoral act that has not only cast doubt [on] his moral integrity, but also tarnished the good name and reputation of the (party) as a whole.â€

It added: â€œAlthough the LP has no business meddling with its membersâ€™ marital problems, the magnitude of the scandal is so overarching that it did not only smear [Talladoâ€™s] image, but also that of the party.â€

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2015, 02:14:28 PM »

â€˜Tuwid na daanâ€™

The resolution was signed by LP director general and Occidental Mindoro Rep. Josephine Ramirez-Sato; LP secretary general and Western Samar Rep. Mel Sarmiento; LP treasurer and Oriental Mindoro Gov. Alfonso Umali Jr., and Iloilo Rep. Jerry TreÃ±as, who chairs the partyâ€™s membership and organizing committee.

The LPâ€™s political and electoral affairs committee chair and Caloocan City Rep. Edgardo Erice, and Javier, Leyte, Mayor Leonardo Javier, president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines, also signed the decision.

The LP said that ensuring decency and moral uprightness among its members was part of its â€œtuwid na daan (straight path)â€ advocacy, and that it was â€œdetermined to maintain leaders with high moral fiber and integrity, considering that their constituents look up to them for leadership and inspiration.â€

Camarines Norte, which has about 300,000 registered voters, is regarded as one of the countryâ€™s poorest provinces and among the few areas still beset by insurgency.

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