Volunteers for Gibo founder Andrew Masigan has affirmed that Lakas Kampi frontrunner Gibo Teodoro is no longer just the ruling party’s standard-bearer but the ‘people’s candidate.’ This was his reaction after several defections were reported from the ranks of the said party.

“The composition of the party (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) can change, the members can change, the leadership can change, but the volunteers and the people who ardently support Gibo are here not because of the Lakas party, or other politicos under Lakas. We’re here for Gibo and for what he stands for,” said Masigan.

“Gibo represents new politics. In new politics, principles, honor and loyalty, plans and programs reign supreme over money, patronage, and power preservation,” he added.

Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential bet Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. yesterday stressed out the peril of power shortage disturbing the conduct of the very first automated national elections in the Philippines confers the Commission on Elections (Comelec) further reason to disclose as soon as possible its backup procedures to guarantee dirt-free, reliable and organized elections on May 10. The former defense secretary and 1989 bar topnotcher, also stated that presenting emergency powers upon the authorities to deal with a threatening power emergency is not essential at this point for the reason that Malacañang and the Energy Regulatory Commission have sufficient powers to deal with the condition under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA).