“Noynoy (Sen. Benigno Aquino III), I have no problem with. He really means well. I know that in his heart, he wants to live up to Ninoy and Cory. But the problem with Noynoy are the people around him,” said Charlie, who mentioned “Kamag-Anak Inc.” twice with disdain during the interview.
Charlie claimed that Noynoy’s allies had done “zero” when they were in power and questioned why they should want to return to power now.
In the case of Teodoro (former defense secretary Gilberto Teodoro), Charlie said it was his father who introduced his cousin to politics as a Kabataang Barangay leader in Tarlac in 1980, even though Teodoro’s own parents were reluctant to have him involved in that world.
But the uncle and nephew eventually had a serious falling-out which Charlie refused to expound on, on the record.
He pointed out, however, that his father and Sen. Francis Escudero—who was the presumed NPC standard-bearer until he resigned from the party and changed his mind about running—also had a disagreement but “they have moved on and now they are talking, they are friends again.”
“It’s all about giving credit where credit is due, respecting your elders,” said Charlie.
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