Sharon Cuneta defends Kiko Pangilinan on PDAF

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The Megastar's outrage via Twitter over her husband's name being dragged into the PDAF scandal

TWEET-OUTRAGE. Megastar speaks out on PDAF. Photo from her Twitter

MANILA, Philippines – Megastar Sharon Cuneta took to Twitter to express her displeasure, after her husband, former senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, was dragged into the still-raging pork-barrel scandal, as taken up at the Senate on September 25.

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s privilege speech mentioned Pangilinan as among the senators who violated the procurement law in their transactions with the local governments.

Cuneta responded with a series of tweets expressing her disbelief and challenged anyone with proof to come forward.

The actress-singer even went as far as saying she was willing to leave her husband and give P10 million to anyone who can prove her husband’s culpability in this controversy.

“If anyone reading this can prove to me that my husband has stolen any amount from his PDAF [Priority Development Assistance Fund] in his 12 years as senator, I will give you P10 million in cash and I will leave my husband. That is how confident I am.”

“It is not as hard as people may think. Kung nakukulangan sila sa ilang papeles o anuman – isa-isahin niyo ang pinagbigyan ni Kiko ng PDAF niya,” she wrote. (If their documents or anything are missing, take a close look at each of Kiko’s allotments from the PDAF.)

“Ask the Baranggay Captains (puwera ako kahit na ako si [except for myself, even if i’m] Madam Chairman! Hahaha) and kung sino-sino pa ang nabigyan [and whoever else had benefited from the fund].

At nang makita ng lahat na walang BOGUS na organisasyon o foundation o sinuman, anuman na napuntahan ang pera kundi mga tunay na govt organizations, legitimate organizations. Ganon lang naman yon.” (So that everyone will see that no bogus organization or foundation or anything else benefited from the fund, except for genuine government organizations, legitimate organizations. That’s all there is to it.)

Cuneta emphasized in her posts that she and the retired senator have long been working for what they own now.

“Sorry, HINDI KAMI MAGNANAKAW. HINDI KAMI TULAD NG IBA NA KAYA IPAKAIN SA MGA ANAK NAMIN ANG PERANG DI AMIN O DI NAMIN PINAGHIRAPAN.”

(Sorry, we’re not crooks. We’re not like some people who can support [their] children with money that’s not [theirs or that they] didn’t work hard for.) 

“HINDI PARE-PAREHO ANG LAHAT NG POLITIKO. DAHAN-DAHAN LANG. DAPAT MAG-UMPISA NANG MAGLABASAN ANG TOTOO NGAYON.”

(Politicians aren’t all the same. [Be careful with what you’re saying.] The truth should out.)

“Thanks for reading this. I’m working now even if I have been wanting to go into semi-retirement na, because my husband has only his law firm and his farm & his shares in some restaurants that our friends are experts at running to derive income from, and I have lots of utang [liabilities] to pay for.”

In his retirement, Pangilinan has cultivated an old passion for gardening and farming. – Rappler.com

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