MANILA, Philippines - Was the President in a relief operation or in an early poll campaign when he visited areas in Metro Manila devastated by floods?
During his visit to flood victims in the cities of Marikina, Quezon, Caloocan, Malabon, Muntinlupa, and Valenzuela, Aquino was joined by Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, Bureau of Customs (BOC) chief Rozzano Rufino "Ruffy" Biazon, Akbayan partylist spokesperson Ana Theresia "Risa" Hontiveros, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general Joel Villanueva.
Last June, Sen. Franklin Drilon, vice chairman of the ruling Liberal Party, said that Angara, Biazon, Hontiveros, and Villanueva had been included on the LP senatorial lineup for the 2013 polls. But in July, Biazon was quoted by the media as saying that he was eager to continue his job at the BOC than run in 2013.
Photos from Malacanang show Aquino, on board an Army truck, greeting flood victims of Muntinlupa City on Wednesday with Hontiveros and Biazon to his left, and Villanueva to his right along with celebrity sister Kris Aquino and Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel "Mar" Roxas II.
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