Will you vote for Lito Lapid for Senator?
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With the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991, he was pushed to the forefront of disaster mitigation efforts in Central Luzon-affected provinces. In 1992, he ran under the opposition block Nationalist People’s Coalition as vice governor of Pampanga. Lapid easily defeated the incumbent vice governor while his gubernatorial running mate lost to incumbent governor Bren Guiao. In 1995, he ran against Guiao as governor under the same party. Despite the help of former President Corazon Aquino to keep Guiao in his position, the overwhelming popularity of Lapid and the poor condition of lahar ravaged province contributed to Guiao’s loss.

With its completion in 1997, the Pampanga Megadike saved the capital municipality (now city) of San Fernando from the lahar mudflows and it channeled through the Pampanga River delta. Lapid thanked President Fidel Ramos for the completion and as sign of appreciation, he joined the administration party Lakas NUCD. Lapid ran for reelection under the administration block. With Lapid’s decision to switch parties, his fellow actor Joseph Estrada broke their political relationship and brought low internal revenue allotment when Estrada assumed the presidency. Lapid and fellow actor Caloocan City Mayor Reynaldo Malonzo, in separate occasions, tried to court Estrada so they could join Estrada’s party Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (LAMP) but Estrada refused to accept them. After the impeachment of Estrada in 2000 and the second EDSA Revolution, Lapid and Malonzo decided to stay in the Lakas party and ran for reelection in their respective government positions. Lapid won for his third and final term as governor. In 2003, Lapid decided to run as mayor of Angeles City, Pampanga and started grooming his son, Provincial Board Member Mark Lapid for the position of governor. But in the 2004 Senatorial Elections, his fellow cabalen, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo encouraged him to run as senator under the administration coalition K4. Lapid accepted the offer and won the election landing in the eleventh position.

In the bid to change the Philippine Constitution, Lapid was rumored to be planning to participate in the House backed Constituent Assembly but Lapid backed the senate resolution against the resolution passed by the House of Representatives creating the constituent assembly without Senate concurrence. In May 2006, Lapid said that he was planning to run against Jejomar Binay as mayor of Makati City citing reasons that he could save Makati from public demonstrations against President Arroyo. He further stated that he could retain his position as senator in case he lost in the 2007 local elections. Senators Panfilo Lacson, Raul Roco, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Sergio Osmeña III, Juan Ponce Enrile, Francisco Tatad all retained their senate seats when they ran for higher elective positions President and Vice President in the 1998 and 2004 elections. However, eminent former justice Isagani Cruz takes exception to this view.

Will you vote for Lito Lapid for Senator?

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52 Responses to “Will you vote for Lito Lapid for Senator?”

  1. Ric PS says:

    akala ko ala na senado ito? di ko man lang nadidinig. yon pala andoon pa. sa rear exit palagi dumadaan,iwas press. meron naman syang nagaang panukala,ito ay tungkol sa stapler! haaay… ! sayang taxes ko dito, dapat ibingay ko na lang sa kindergarten schooler na kayang magstaples.
    bakit kaya di na lang sya magtumbling sa senate stage para mapuna! or magpanukala sya na lahat ng senador ay kabayo ang sakyan imbes na kotse, at balisong ang ang dala imbes na baril? malaki matitipid nag gobyerno sa pondo

  2. Abby Valenzuela says:

    Di natin kailangan ng isa pang dekorasyon lang sa senado. Di dapat sayangin ang taong ookopahin nya ang isang silya sa Kongreso na tila bakante naman kung sya ang nakaupo. Ibigay na lang ang boto sa mga taong tiyak na may mamagawa at hindi tuta sa kung anumang administrasyon.

  3. Cabalen says:

    Talagang kitang-kita ang kakulangan mo sa tamang pag-iisip dahil kung saan ka lang pitikin ni Gloria Arroyo ay doon ka. Sayang ka Leon Guerrero kay landi mo pa namang mag-pantalon ng fit at lumakad ng patingkad-tinkayad na may pakembot pa ang balakan. Isa kang dakilang muchacho ni Mike at Gloria at laruan nina Mikey at Dato. Wala ka ng boto ngayon sure na iyan.

  4. Rey Refran says:

    Ano ba ang nagawa nya sa loob ng anim na taon sa Senado? Besides he’s unabashedly pro-Gloria especially sa usapin ng PP 1959!

    No to Lito Lapid!
    Enough of electing anyone associatd with the current morally-bankrupt administration!

  5. Jamel says:

    He is a good man. Great actor. I like him as a person. But I can’t say the same for his performance as a senator. He did not deliver. So, bakit pa tumatakbo ulit? Yes, karapatan niyo bilang Filipino Citizen to run for office, but please… This country is in dire need of good legislators, with vision, wisdom, sharp and miticulous mind.

  6. pat joseph says:

    wala e no choice ako ,kababayanan ko e

  7. Cabalen says:

    well….ok lang!

  8. Desert Fox says:

    If we will just look at what he’s done in the Senate maybe we should think twice about Sen. lapid. mas madami pa sya nagawang Bills kaysa kay Noynoy

  9. aristotle says:

    talaga? madami? like wat?

  10. Ric PS says:

    Hi Aristotle,
    Yes maraming nagawang bill yang si lito lapid. Like….POST NO BILLS! dami yatang pader sa metro manila. kaya tahimik yan eh.. alang ginawa kundi idikit yong bill sa bibig nya. at kuhanin yong pork barel para sa bahay nya sa USA.

  11. Jun D. says:

    Classic example sa pakapalan ng mukha itong Lito Lapid.

  12. Idol ko TAMANO! says:

    ADEL TAMANO (Glimpse bwt him)

    1. CREDIBLE LEADER.

    2. HE UNIFIES THE DIVIDED.

    INFUSES BLOOD TO A DYING GOAL, AT THE RIGHT TIME AND AT THE PRECISE MOMENT.

    3. HE IS THE SILVER LINING ACROSS THE DARKEST HORIZON WITH A RAY OF HOPE AND A BURST OF LIGHT.

    HE IS LIKE A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR,
    GRABBED IN A GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF IDEALISM, RIDING ON HIS YOUTHFUL CHARISMA
    EXUDING THE GRANDEUR OF CREDIBILITY, DRAPED WITH THE COPE OF UNSULLIED CREDENTIALS.

    ADEL TAMANO FOR SENATOR!

    HE WON BY A LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF A.L.C.U.

    CATCH IT ON YOUTUBE, SEE HOW THEY GIVE THANKS TO ADEL TAMANO.

    (no to Lapid! YES FOR TAMANO! sure di masasyang TAXES nten! bwahaha! )

  13. dagundong says:

    hmmm dapat gawa kang leon guerero part 2 kasama mo si bong revilla para 2 na kayo ala kabuhay buhay ka sa senado dapat balik ka sa barangay para makita mo yun sa ibaba sayang buwis sa u ng tao bata magisip ka

  14. datu unsay says:

    lito lapid in a senate hearing………..
    Mr.Chairman: sen.lapid would you like to say anything?
    lapid: ha!!! Mr.Chairman bat mo ko tinatanong kung may sasabihin ako bakit pwede ba magsalita?, akala ko ba hearing to? kaya nga nakikinig lang ako e.Sana sinabi nyo na hearing and talking ito para nakapaghanda ako. labo nyo naman mr. chairman e!!!!!

  15. val says:

    tama na yan…napagbiyan na… at wala naman talaga na puede ilabas na galing… mag mayor ka na lng sa Porac Pampanga baka sakali puede pa

  16. miguel molina says:

    Fan ako ni Sen. Lapid nung nasa sine pa siya. Pero di naman pelikula ang senado eh, kailangan sa senado ang mga taong may malawalig na plataforma at may capasidad na tuparin ang mga ito. A man with a word of honor, ika nga ang kailangang kailangan natin. Lalo na sa ngayon na puro nalang panumpa na walang katuparan ang napapala natin. Isa palang ang nakikita ko, basi sa mga nagawa na niya at yan ay si GOV. LITO OSMENIA. Kaya kababayan oportunidad na natin ito na makaboto ng isang katulad ni Gov. Lito Osmenia. Huwag naman nating sayangin ang pagkakataong ito. Go for Lito Osmenia Philippines.

  17. Never again, I have attended senate hearings during my practicum last 2003. Total waste of Filipino taxes!

    Kasabay nya yung isa pang drug lord! =)

  18. Louie says:

    Sana junta militar n lng mamahala sa Pilipinas para umasenso tau, bawat mali, barilin; bawat pagnanakaw, pasabugin utak/putulan ng kamay; ung mga nagaaway na senador at kongresman, dapat ibigti, ung mga di nagtatrabaho at display lng, sinusunog sa gitna ng taong bayan, wla ng mga korte, pag may kasalanan, patay kagad, siguro magiging mas maunlad pa bansa natin.

  19. eliboy says:

    etong si lito lapid. matatawag nating bulakbol sa senado. mag-attendance lang sabay alis kaagad.punta na sa mga kabit niya.

  20. Julio Valiente says:

    Hello mga kababayan ko… gustong gusto si Sen. Lito Lapid idol ko yan eh… magaling yan lalo na sa pangangabayo tulad nang pelikula nya sa ang pagbabalik ni leon guerrero. Kahit ano pang mangyari iboboto ko yan kahit sabihin pa natin walang nagagawa sa senado o kahit bulakbol pa siya. Sige senator pagpatuloy mo ang mga plataporma mo sa gobyerno natin. Goodluck sayo.

  21. asapa says:

    EXISTING PA PALA TO !! PANGITI NGITI LANG TO SA SENADO AH FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS. ANOTHER TRAPO..TANTANAN NYO ANG MAMAYANG FILIPINO !! NO NO NO INFINITE NO

  22. Jim Sarthou says:

    Alis dyan!

  23. racerx says:

    Give us a break…

  24. Krynn77 says:

    Yep he senate needs a better guy than this coz they done nothing…so ya guys not voting for this guy also need to think whether or not to vote for Aquino…..who also shows no accomplishment….

  25. James Jimmy-JJ says:

    Sorry for MR. LAPID Be honest with you folks what Mr LAPID DO in the senate?

    kung kailangang natin ng totoong duciary sa senate pls and vote Mr. Bello

    Silvestre Bello
    “SENATORIABLE SILVESTRE “BEBOT” BELLO SAYS THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IS AN AFFIRMATION OF OUR POSITION THAT THE CONSTITUTION ALLOWS THE PRESIDENT TO APPOINT SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE WHEN RETIREMENT OF THE CURRENT CHIEF JUSTICE IS DUE. THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THEREFORE MUST BE RESPECTED.”

  26. James Jimmy-JJ says:

    sorry judiciary po.

  27. Why wouldn’t you guys vote for Lito Lapid? He has guided Pampanga for a long time and has also been experienced in the senate. He surely knows everything that need to be taken care of.

  28. Caloy Prieto says:

    Ibabalik ba natin ito para umupo at makinig sa mga debate? O naman, tama na iyan “star complex”. Magising naman tayo sa katotohanan. Gumawa na lang siya ng pelikula, panonoorin ko. Promise!

  29. Bulakenyong OFW says:

    Sorry Mr. Lapid but you can’t have my vote.

  30. caloy says:

    Agree ako sa mga naunang statements nina Ric, Abby, Cabalen, Jamel at Rey. Wala naman tayo talagang nakitang concrete na ginawa ito. Siguro giniba yung konkreto sa karate chop nya sa pelikula. Hehehe! Let’s vote for someone else.

  31. Ric says:

    salamat Caloy. natutuwa ako’t bukas din ang isipan mo. sana marami pang pilipino ang tulad mo na bukas at matalino.
    ang kandidatong tulad nito ay di dapat kahit sa pagiging bgy tanod. buti pa nga ang bgy tanod nagsasalita at umaaksyon, sya… nakaupo lang at pangi ngiti sa senado. ang mahal ng ngiti ng hayop na ito – pork barrel.

    madala tayo sa mga ganitong candidate. ang batas na gagawin nito sa senado ay ito – ang upuan sa senado ay dapat me kulambo, kumot, unan, tooth brush, suklay. bakit kamo? eh doon sya madalas magbabad.

    at isa pang batas na gagawin nya… ang exit door ng senado ay dapat alisin ang camera. yon ay para di sya makitang tumatakas.

    anak ng kabayo’t baril ! ito ba ang iboboto nyo? isippppp mga kababayan!

  32. Lovane29 says:

    wag na lang..ibigay na lang natin kay satur ocampo, roco o kaya kay ople.

  33. manny says:

    never kong nakita na nagsalita sa senado balik ka na lang sa pampanga

  34. lizzie says:

    naman!!!! Please lang!!! huwag na tyong bumuto ng mga nakatunganga lang sa SEnado gaya nito…
    Mas maganda kung mag ARTISTA ka na lang pwede pa

  35. /gg says:

    Kung ayaw na ayaw niyo kay Lito lapid, edi siguro dapat mas ayaw nyo kay Noynoy Aquino.
    Mas walang nagawa yun.

    Si Lito Lapid, naisabatas niya ang Senate Bill 2361 or the Legal Assistance to the Poor Act of 2010 to encourage more lawyers and law firms to render services to poor clients who could not afford legal services by giving them tax credits in exchange for free assistance.
    Si Noynoy? Nasaan ang naipasa niyang batas?

    Hindi ko sinasabing iboto niyo si Lito Lapid. Ang akin lang eh kung ganyan na lang ang pag ayaw nyo kay Lapid dahil wala siyang ginawa sa Senado, mag-isip isip kayo kung sumusuporta kayo kay Noynoy na MAS walang nagawa.

  36. Julian Dumalar says:

    good actor bad senator.

  37. mo says:

    LITO LAPID IS THE EPITOME OF STUPIDITY

  38. GERONIMO says:

    TATLONG BARAHA, JULIO VALIENTE,GERONIMO,LEON GUERERO,ALAKDANG BATO, ISLA STO.NINO,KALIBRE 45,IDOL KITA BILANG ARTISTA NAKITA RIN ANG HUSAY MO NOONG GOBERNADOR KA, PERO SA SENADO IN FAIRNESS TALAGANG MAHIRAP PAG MABABA ANG PINAG ARALAN NATIN KAYA NGA TAHIMIK KA LNG SA SENATE HEARING MAY MGA ILANG BATAS KA NGANG NAGAWA PERO DI MO NAMAN MAIPAG TANGGOL ANG IBA DI BA? SANA IDOL DI KA NA LNG TUMAKBO ULIT O BUMALIK KA NA LNG SA PAMPANGGA O DI KAYAY NAG ARAL KA ULI NG MGA BATAS DIBA..SANA MAY PANALO KA PA MATALINO NA KC ANG MGA BOTANTE NGAYON , KAYA IDOL MAKINIG KA MAHIRAP KA NG MANALO NGAYONG TAON , TUTAL NAGING SENADOR KA RIN NAMAN NA…TAMA NA PO PANG LOKAL LNG TAYO…NAGMAMALASAKIT LNG PO AKO SA DATING HINANGAAN KONG ARTISTA NUNG BATA PA AKO DURING YOUR COWBOY TIMES SA MOVIE……

  39. KATOTO says:

    NASAAN NA KAYA SI JUAN FLAVIER? CIA ANG MAGALING NA SENADOR NAALALA KO PA NGA CIA NOON SA OPLAN ALIS DISEASE MGA 90s PA ATA YUN, MR. LAPID SANA PO DI NA KAYO TUMAKBO, BUMALIK NA LNG KAYO SA MOVIES PAREHO KAYO NI BONG REVILLA DAHIL PATAY NA ANG ACTION FILMS SA ATIN SAMA NYO NA RIN C JINGGOY, GMAWA KAYO NG ACTION FILMS, IBA NA KC ANG SENADO, BUHAYIN NYO NA LNG ANG PELIKULANG PILIPINO LALO NA ANG MGA ACTION MOVIES TULAD DATI NUNG BUHAY PA C FPJ AT RUDY, DUN PO KAYO BAGAY KUNG SA PULITIKA MAN PANG LOKAL LANG PO TAYO, BATO BATO SA LANGIT ANG TAMAAN AY HUWAG MAGALIT ANG PIKON AY LAGING TALO

  40. lizzie says:

    Alam niyo ba yung LAPID LAW?
    yun ang kaisa- isang BATAS na ginawa ni LAPID….after 6 years
    naks!!!! kakaloka~!!!!!

  41. Jack in the Box says:

    Alam mo yung nonoy law?
    Di ko din alam.
    Balita ko wala daw nagawa yon buong term nya bilang legislator.

  42. lizzie says:

    for your information…ala akong alam na noynoy law..hahahahha..so funny….
    at wala akong pakialam kay noynoy…..
    ang mga fans ni lito lapid nagrereact!!!bwahahahahahah

  43. BIanong Bulag says:

    merong LApid LAw . ito yong bawal i staple ang peso bill.

    buti nga di nya isinama na ibawal ding i-staple ang coins!

    yang ang utak ng ating mga action star na senador!

  44. Jack in the Box says:

    @lizzie
    Alam mo yung para kang kanto girl magsalita? Hahaha.

  45. lizzie says:

    bato bato sa langit ang tamaan huwag magalit…
    ang magalit..PIKON….
    ang mga fans talaga!! hahahahahaha

  46. xelan says:

    tama na, sobra na, MATUTO NA TAYO, maging matalino na tayo sa pagboto. tama ang comment ng nakararami sa inyo, mabuhay kayo.

  47. Juan says:

    I remember when he went to the USA as part of Gloria Arroyo’s party who would meet with President Obama. While in the US, One Filipino reporter asked him his intentions for being the Philippine delegate who would meet with Obama. Guess what he friggin’ said?!!!

    Lapid: Eh alam mo naman, makapagpa picture lang kay Obama ok na.

    Wahaha. I heard him say that at the radio. He was also quoted saying that several times in the newspaper. What a douche. So he spent so much money (god knows where these money came from) just to take a picture with Obama? Would that help his constituents? What kind of public servant is he? I’m very sure he wants that photo so bad because he’s running again for senate. I’m very sure he plans to use that picture for publicity. Well, I’m glad he never had that opportunity.

    If he wins again, it only means the Philippine electorate is not yet mature enough to choose it’s leaders wisely.

  48. Purita says:

    UTANG NA LOOB!!! LITO LAPID MAGTINO KA NA! IPAGMAKAHIYA MO PAMILYA MO!

  49. Juan dela Cruz III says:

    Well bago kayo manghusga, background check lang kayo sa mga iboboto nyu, hehehe, di naman sa fan ako nito, pero syempre may mas magandang nagawa naman ito kaysa kay Noynoy Aquino, sa loob ng 9 yrs sa legistrature walang nagawa itong anak ng dating presidente, samantalang sa loob ng 6 yrs sa legistrature, may isang batas na naipasa si Lito lapid, ito yung tungkol sa free legal assistance, check nyu sa google Lapid Law, dami news nito

  50. GEN FABIAN VER says:

    susunod nan batas na gagawin nitong si lapid ay – PICTURE BILL! lahat ng mga senador , congressman and cabinet members ay need to have a picture with current president of other countries. the more picture you have , the more you have accomplishment. Mabuhay ang mga senador ng pilipinas. pedeng ipagmalaki sa buong mundo!

    at doon… magpapalit na ako ng passport ko !

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