Raul Lambino Quotations

We are not bothered by the threats that cases will be filed against us. If they're going to file cases now, let them go to the courts now. These are desperate moves by people who can't offer anything for the welfare of the people.

Given this irreversible trend, we believe we will soon exceed the minimum of 5.6 million signatures required by the Constitution to set the People's Initiative in motion.

We are now in the process of having the signatures verified with the municipal, city and provincial election registrars. We are verifying signatures as we gather them.

We have been expecting this legal move but it?s an exercise in futility.

We also keep informing the people about the advantage of the parliamentary government.

This involves mere amendments, which are perfectly legal and allowed under a People's Initiative as prescribed under the Constitution.

It seems that this much-ballyhooed information campaign of the opposition exists only in the imagination of its leaders.

That is why it?s called people?s initiative ? because such moves emanate from the people.

I cannot blame certain senators if they are so determined to use all of their time and energy to block this genuine outpouring of support from the people because they will already become irrelevant once the People's Initiative succeeds in paving the way for a parliamentary system of government.