Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque says he has 'found resolve' to run for a Senate seat in the 2022 elections after opposers of his nomination to the UN International Law Commission (ILC) staged a protest rally in New York City. RELATED STORY:
“So, although, it was the intention of the protesters to disrupt — as in fact, even before they stage the protest they already had a press statement saying that they disrupted it — they failed to do so because the restaurant owners, the waiters, and NYPD who knew I was there, prevented the protesters from actually interrupting the reception,” he added.
While the Philippine government nominated Roque in the ILC, he assured that the sentiments of other Filipinos who are against his nomination were heard. “They have been bombarding the email accounts of the embassies and they tell me that they have gotten thousands and thousands of exactly the same letters and of course, they view them as spam. Because, how can you have a genuine campaign if it’s all spam-like communication? So, they have been heard, I can assure you,” the spokesman said.
Roque also noted that the reception, which had diverse attendees including representatives of several foreign missions, cost less than P1 million. “I can assure you it is nowhere close to the amount of that the claim of P1 million. I can assure you that if it were P1 million, I will be the one to object to it. It was a very modest cocktail party because it’s the cheapest way to have people come to your functions and we are very proud that the general feedback is our reception was generally, not only well-attended, but it has the most diverse attendees coming from all continents of the world,” he explained.
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