“A RISING tide lifts all boats, so to speak.”

This was the gentle reminder posed by Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. to Senator Imee Marcos, sister of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.

“Kung ako si senator — kapatid pa naman si Sen. Imee — tutulungan ko (ang PBBM admin) kasi the success of her brother is the success of our country. So iyon po ang pwede kong masabi. We will follow the President (on amending the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution),” Gonzales said in a press conference.

“The policies set out by the President are aimed at improving the lives of all 114 million Filipinos, and not just a few. As the idiomatic expression goes: A rising tide lifts all boats,” Gonzales added.

The veteran solon said it is better to all officials and allies to work together so that the present administration will succeed.

“We’re all on the same boat or cruise ship called M/S Philippines. Why can’t she just help her brother succeed?” President BBM is the duly-elected President of the Republic with a resounding 31 million votes – the highest in history.

That’s nearly half of the country’s voting population of 67 million,” he noted.

“If I were a senator, I would listen to the President because this (economic amendments to the Constitution) is our (Congress’) Valentine’s gift to him; this is for the good of the country, and only for the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution and that is very, very clear in Senate Resolution of Both Houses 6,” Gonzales reiterated.

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Jester P. Manalastas