Deputy Presidential Spokesman Anthony Golez*

Presidential Deputy Spokesman Anthony Golez yesterday said accusations of anomalies in the National Broadband Network deal and now on a Philippine government agreement with China on the Spratlys are mere allegations that are not backed by evidence.

“The opposition is going on a fishing expedition in a dead lake. They do not have any evidence that can stand in court,” said Golez, who was in Bacolod City to speak before The Rotary Club of Bacolod East and Rotary Club of Bacolod Marapara.

The President is duly elected by the people and has a mandate to finish her term in 2010, she will not resign, he also stressed, amid numerous protests calling for her resignation.

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LVGP president Julius Caesar Falar-Herrera, left, and Acting Negros Occidental Governor Isidro Zayco*

The League of Vice Governors of the Philippines yesterday passed a resolution declaring its unwavering support for  President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Bohol Vice Governor Julius Caesar Herrera, LVGP president, said.

We will not support any extra-constitutional effort to unseat Arroyo, the unprecedented economic growth under her administration should be sustained, the LVGP resolution said.

Forty-seven vice governors passed the resolution at their LVGP 35th National Assembly at L’Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City hosted by Negros Occidental.

Protestors in front of the house of Bacolod Rep. Monico “Newks” Puentevella at Burgos Extension, Bacolod City, yesterday asked him to withdraw his support to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

One of the protestors who wore an Arroyo mask carried a chained a puppy that was labeled  “Cong Money Co.”

Puentevella, a close ally of the president, said “So what’s new? There’s a time and a season for everything under heaven, and as their public servant, I will still respect them. This is democracy in action.”