Statement of One Cebu Gubernatorial Candidate Winston Garcia on the decision to break away from the United Nationalist
Alliance (UNA)
We withdraw support for Binay!
After thorough deliberation, we in One Cebu are unanimous in our decision to break away from our alliance with UNA and presidential candidate Jejomar Binay.
One Cebu entered into an alliance with UNA in the belief that it will be a partnerships of equals.
We were wrong. Dead wrong. UNA treated One Cebu like imperial Manila treats the rest of the Philippines-for all intents and purposes, with absolute contempt and disrespect.
This is a situation that Cebu and other parts of the country had long wanted to change, but UNA did not give any indication that it is different from other parties and entities in imperial Manila.
Right from the outset, UNA regarded the alliance as nothing more than a marriage of convenience.
UNA obviously subscribes to traditional politics. We don’t! We reject traditional politics and everything that it stands for, that is, maintaining the status quo. The new generation is hungry for real change, not more of the same politics of patronage that UNA espouses and practices to the hilt.
One Cebu entered into an alliance with UNA out of loyalty, but recent events showed that UNA did not appreciate nor reciprocate this loyalty.
Without prior notice or consultation with One Cebu, UNA has been doing sorties in various areas in the Province of Cebu on its own. Worse, the people of UNA have been cavorting with the opponents of our local candidates, thus, sowing disunity, discord, and confusion.
This brings into serious doubt UNA’s perception and treatment of One Cebu as a co-equal partner worthy of loyalty and mutual respect.
It is evident that UNA forged the alliance for its own convenience, just to show that it enjoyed support from vote-rich Cebu rather than for mutual benefit. We are therefore constrained to rescind our alliance, and to work instead with those who are willing to share our core principles and philosophy to ensure victory for the Cebuanos.
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