Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado Friday vehemently denied having received payola during the October 11 meeting in Malacañang that threw his fellow governor Eddie Panlilio of Pampanga into the headlines.
Panlilio hogged the limelight after claiming that indeed he received such windfall.
He even had his picture taken while holding the crisp bundles of cash - that again splashed across the front pages of national dailies and on national TV.
As a result, Aumentado was dogged by the local, regional and even national media - all seeking his opinion on Panlilio's confession, and asking if he also received such "gift." The Bohol governor is the immediate past national president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP).
Aumentado said October 11 was the day he turned over the presidency of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) to interim president Ramon Guico Jr. of Binalonan, Pangasinan, national president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP).
The governor said he cut short his term that is supposed to end in March 2008 yet so that he can devote more of his time to Bohol. Earlier, he also declined another term as LPP president, endorsing Gov. Loreto Leo Ocampos of Misamis Occidental instead.
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