Bayani Fernando says he has no money to hire celebrities to endorse his bid
TACLOBAN CITY- Celebrity endorsements could boost one’s candidacy.
But unfortunately, he has no money to hire celebrities who will endorse his vice presidential bid, Bayani Fernando says in a press conference yesterday.
Fernando, who is the running mate of Senator Richard Gordon, was in the city and in Ormoc City as part of their barnstorming on their quest for the two highest positions in the land.
“There is no denying that celebrities are really a big help in the campaign. But I don’t have a budget for them to help me in my campaign,” Fernando said.
Fernando said that to compensate for it, he had joined a singing competition to acquire a semblance of being a celebrity.
His rivals, to include presidential candidates, have movie stars as their endorsers. The endorsements of the celebrities were widely credited why some candidates are rating high in various surveys as it add generate public awareness.
The Commission on Elections had earlier ruled that celebrities endorsing candidates are to take a leave of absence from the television works.
The former chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that instead that as he stump the various parts of the country, he would discuss his programs and things he intend to do once he become the country’s vice president.
Solving the country’s problem on poverty will be given his full attention once he becomes the vice president, Fernando said.
He said that the country is rich not only with natural resources but even human resources.
But what is lacking is the “productivity of our people.”
“The problem on poverty…is a question of being productive,” Fernando said.
Fernando is the first major candidate who campaigned in the region since the campaign period for those seeking national positions started last February 9.
His presidential candidate, Senator Richard Gordon, was not around.
Fernando visited Ormoc City and this city as part of his campaign sortie. The vice presidential wanna-be also went to Church in V and G subdivision which celebrated its fiesta yesterday. (JOEY A. GABIETA & MIRIAM GARCIA DESACADA)
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