NACIONALISTA Party senatorial bet lawyer Adel Tamano criticized Sen. Benigno Aquino for saying that Sen. Manuel Villar, Jr. is “not a real member of the opposition.”

“Why is Noy making this claim now? Why didn’t he complain in 2007 when we included both of them in the Genuine Opposition Senatorial ticket? Akala ko sobrang ma-prinsipyo siya, eh bakit hindi siya nagsabi noon pa na hindi opposition si Manny?” he said.

”The real reason that he is making this false claim is because his ratings are down. The LP are beginning to sound desperate. I cannot believe Noy would stoop to this level of black propaganda. I thought the LP wanted a clean campaign without all this mudslinging. Their true colors are showing.”

He said Aquino’s accusations that Villar was secretly an administration candidate are baseless and insulting. “Who has an administration candidate in their ticket? Wasn’t Ralph

Recto a Team Unity candidate and (President) GMA’s (Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo) NEDA (National Economic Development Authority) chief who spearheaded the E-VAT (expanded value added tax) bill? Look who’s talking! It’s clear that it’s the Liberal Party that has the real links to GMA,” Tamano said.                           Bernadette E. Tamayo