Dirty trick on Drilon in prayer rally

From the INQ7:

(UPDATE) SENATOR Franklin Drilon has denounced a dirty trick allegedly perpetrated against him by his political opponents who, on his behalf, distributed to people stubs for five kilos of rice, P250 in cash, and some groceries in exchange for their presence in Sunday’s prayer rally against Charter change.

Lawyer and former Camiguin governor, not Guimaras as posted earlier, Antonio Gallardo, Drilon's chief of staff, on Monday blamed what he called “Malacañang's dirty tricks department” for the hoax he said was meant to embarrass the senator.

He claimed Drilon was targeted for the hoax because the senator is a principal critic of calls to change the Constitution.

“We are officially denying that we distributed those stubs. Gawa-gawa ito ng mga kalaban nya sa pulitika [This is the work of his political opponents] to embarrass him,” Gallardo said.

“These unscrupulous political operators who tried to fool the Filipino people with this self-serving Cha-cha [Charter change] scheme are up with their old tricks again, this time doing a demolition job on Senator Drilon. This cheap trick simply betrays the filthy character of Drilon's political opponents,” Gallardo said.

Drilon himself called the hoax the “work of sick minds.”

The stubs, which a staffer said were part of a leaflet that bore Drilon's picture, had fooled a number of people into going to Room 301 at the Senate, where the goodies were supposed to be claimed.

About 100 people reportedly received the stubs during the Sunday rally.

The text of the leaflet, which included a picture of the senator, reads: “Maraming salamat sa iyong pagdalo sa rally laban sa Cha-cha! May pamaskong naghihintay sa iyo sa tanggapan ni Sen. Franklin Drilon. Pirmahan ang ibaba ng coupon na ito at pwede mo ng kunin ang iyong 5 kilong bigas, groceries at P250 cash sa Rm. 301, 3rd floor, GSIS Bldg., Pasay City. Mamimigay si G. Manny Pecson mula 4:00 ng hapon hanggang 6:00 ng gabi [Thank you very much for attending the rally against Charter change! There are gifts waiting for you at the office of Sen. Franklin Drilon. Sign at the bottom of this coupon and you can claim your five sacks of rice, groceries and P250 case at Room 301, GSIS Bldg., Pasay City. Mr. Manny Pecson will be giving (the (gifts) from 4 p.m. to 6 in the evening]. ”

In the first place, imposible yan dahil walang pork barrel si Drilon, just like Lim and Lacson.