May malalim palang pinaghugutan ang asawa ni Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez na si Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres sa hayagan niyang pagsuporta kay Bongbong Marcos (BBM) na kandidato sa pagka-presidente.
Maaalalang nabatikos si Rep. Lucy Torres ng mga netizens na ayaw kay BBM nang purihin niya ang presidential aspirant na consistent ang pagiging number one pagdating sa mga survey para sa mga presidentiables.
“The matter of presidency, it’s really an act of destiny. It’s one of those things that only God knows and only time will tell. And I would just like to say that if it’s in God’s plan for BBM to be our next president, may you be one of the best this country has ever had. I wish you well. I wish you every success,” ang naging pahayag ni Rep. Lucy Torres na umani ng negatibong reaksyon mula sa mga taong hindi si BBM ang gustong manalo sa eleksyon bilang bagong lider ng bansa.
Sa panayam sa kanya noong nakaraang taon, nagbigay ang mambabatas ng mga dahilan kung bakit humahanga siya kay BBM.
Noong nasapul daw ng bagyong Yolanda ang Ormoc City ay isa si BBM sa mga nangunang nagbigay ng tulong kahit na hindi siya bahagi ng administrasyon noon ni Pres. Noynoy Aquino.
“I’ll give you a concrete example. And I don’t know if BBM remembers this, but back when Yolanda happened, he was not part of the administration. But one of the very first to help Ormoc was BBM and his family. And through Irene (Marcos-Araneta), BBM sent Ormoc clean water and a gadget from some foreign company for clean water…going to the different barangays demonstrating how that is used and then having access to clean water at a very crucial time, that’s one,” wika ng mambabatas.
Nasundan pa raw ito nang tamaan ng malakas na lindol ang Ormoc City noong 2017.
Isa rin umano si BBM sa mga nanguna sa pagbibigay ng tulong sa kabila ng pagkatalo niya sa pagka-bise presidente laban kay Vice PResident Leni Robredo, na isa sa mga katunggali niya ngayon sa presidential race.
“If you really look at it, if you look at the dynamics, you had just lost an election. You didn’t make it back in 2016 but you were the first to be on the ground after the earthquake happened. You were with Congressman Martin (Romualdez) and Congressman Anton Lagdameo. They were both colleagues at that time.
You don’t have to be there but you were there and you helped the community. I just want to say that more than what you say, more than what the plans are, what the grand plan is, it is really what you do on the battlefield as the battle rages on, the soldiers on the ground are suffering. So, I think that speaks more about a leader than all the nice words or all the nice plans.”
