Villanueva to party-list solon's tirades against him: 'Liars go to hell'
By Dhel Nazario
For Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, it seems that Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc. (PCFI) President Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co will do anything to cover up their "fake" People's Initiative (PI).
"Lahat iimbentuhin, kapag desperadong mapagtakpan ang mabaho at pekeng PI nila (They will invent anything when they're desperate to cover up their filthy and fake PI)," Villanueva said in a message to reporters on Thursday, Feb. 8.
This was in response to Co's statements in a radio interview wherein he blasted Villanueva after being irked from the latter's "Who is he?" response to the challenge of House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe for senators to reveal their stand on Charter change (Cha-cha).
"Unang-una si Senator Joel ho ay dati naman siyang party-list [congressman] and masyado ho atang mayabang ang ating senador. At alam naman ho natin kung sino siya (First of all, Senator Joel is a former party-list congressman and he seems to be very arrogant. We all know who he is)," Co said.
"Kilala naman ho natin si Senator Joel Villanueva kung sino siya e. Siya ho ay perpetually disqualified sa nadesisyunan ng Ombudsman. Pero mukhang na-apela ho niya (We know who Senator Joel Villanueva is. He had been perpetually disqualified based on a decision by the Ombudsman. But it looks like he managed to appeal it)," said the House Committee on Appropriations chairman.
"Pero alam ho niya, natin, na marami siyang kaso sa Ombudsman. And alam natin na best friend siya ni Napoles, barkada siyang todo ni Napoles," Co said (But he knows, like we know, that he has a lot of cases before the Ombudsman. And we know that he is the best friend of Napoles, he and Napoles are tight), referring to Janet Lim Napoles.
To which Villanueva replied with: "Liars go to hell" together with a laugh emoji.
Villanueva served as CIBAC Party-list representative in the House from 2002 to 2010.