Is bad luck really affecting the campaign of Team PNoy?
Senatorial bets running under the administration coalition themselves can no longer hide this fact after another stage accident met Team PNoy during an out-of-town sortie.
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A Team PNoy candidate who refused to be named revealed the camp’s plan to
ask indigenous people to perform rituals in their newly-constructed
headquarters in Makati City to drive away bad luck.
“We might need to do some rituals to activities to throw away bad omen,” the senatorial bet said.
He
explained the proposal turned up after former Senator Ramon “Jun”
Magsaysay Jr. tripped and fell on his face before giving his campaign
speech in Bacolod City last Thursday.
Magsaysay, who sustained a bump on his forehead, was able to return on stage to deliver his speech after receiving first aid.
“We
just want to prevent more accidents in the future. We are hoping that
the planned rituals would change these unfortunate incidents from bad
luck into good fortune,” the source said.
“But the possibility
of being accused of animal cruelty if pigs and chicken are slaughtered
during the rituals prevents the Team PNoy from performing these
indigenous rituals,” the candidate pointed out.
“There was also a proposal not to kill animals, but will this be the right way of doing the rituals?” the candidate added.
He
clarified Team PNoy has been working very hard to improve its safety
measures to spare the people in the campaign from unfortunate incidents,
including candidates.
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Magsaysay’s accident came a week after
Occidental Mindoro Vice Governor Gene Mendiola fell from the
six-foot-high stage during Team PNoy’s proclamation rally at Plaza
Miranda in Manila on Feb. 12.
“The incident last February 12
involving the Vice Governor Mendiola was not a good start and people are
trying to arrest this belief by doing some rituals to the
headquarters,” the source said.
“After the Plaza Miranda incident, proposal to do rituals was proposed,” another well-placed source from Team PNoy said.
