- Kris Aquino is a non-full supporter of Liberal Party during the 2019 election
- She voted only four from the Otso Diretso senatorial candidate
- Kris is done paying for the “sins” of some Liberal Party Members
Kris Aquino was very supportive of her brother, former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, during his presidency. However, she did not fully support the Liberal Party during the recent 2019 elections.
A week after the election, Kris took to social media and shared with her fans that she voted for eight candidates for senator, but only chose four from opposition slate Otso Diretso. The other two were pro-administration and the last two were independent, though she did not name any names.
“I voted not along party lines BUT voted based on my personal choice because after all that’s one of democracy’s principles, 1 person, 1 vote,” She said via Instagram on May 19.
Netizens reacted to Kris’s post and alled her out for not supporting Otso Diretso.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxms5nalHiu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
“We’ve done so much work defending LP, you and your family from bashers,” one netizen commented. “The least you can do is set aside your personal issues and think of the implications of not having a strong and solid opposition in this circus [government].”
“People are dying and you voted for the admin lapdogs. Wow,” the netizen added.
The Queen of All Media was quick to defend herself and said the Liberal Party is not synonymous to her family. She pointed out that it was only her brother among the five siblings who was affiliated with the party, adding it is sickening to be held responsible for the sins of some party members.
“We never enriched ourselves, we didn’t do a precursor to President Trump,” she said. “Nobody from our immediate family was appointed or held a position, we never even joined my brother in any of his foreign trips so as not to be accused of impropriety.”
She stressed that this was a personal issue and she is done keeping quiet in paying for the sins of other Liberal Party members.
“Tapos na kong manahimik sa pagbayad para sa mga kasalanan at pagkukulang nung mga ibang LP nung nabigyan sila ng pagkakataon ng mga botante (I am done keeping silent in paying for the sins and shortcomings of some Liberal Party members when they were given the chance by voters),” she said. “I am not my siblings, I won’t quietly take the punches because the truth is, we took the hits for the shortcomings of others.”
Manuel Quezon III, who had served as undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office under the Aquino administration, was among those who called Kris out on Twitter following her social media post, with a caption, “Gaga.”
— Manuel L. Quezon III (@mlq3) May 22, 2019
Godzilla na lang. pic.twitter.com/Pt0Uhmw0gU
— Manuel L. Quezon III (@mlq3) May 22, 2019
I seriously thought he was going to warg during that small council meeting.
— Abi Valte (@Abi_Valte) May 22, 2019
None of the Otso Diretso bets got into the Magic 12 of the Senate. One of the losing candidates was her first cousin, re-electionist Senator Bam Aquino, whom she had supported during the campaign.
