Actor and television host Edu Manzano is not quitting the race for the vice presidency in the May 2010 elections.
Manzano made the categorical announcement Friday amid rumors that he was parting ways with running mate Gilbert Teodoro because of funding problems.
“Hinding-hindi ako aatras sa laban, iyon ang aking [I will never back down from a fight, that is my] categorical statement,” Manzano said on the morning show Unang Hirit when asked to clarify these reports.
Manzano appeared with Teodoro in the show in the network’s series of interviews with presidential candidates.
“In any election, candidates are never really contented with the support they get . . . it’s just natural to have misunderstandings sometimes,” Manzano said.
He said he was out of the country last week to campaign among overseas Filipino workers.
“The misunderstanding was internal, I don’t know how it got out of hand. . . . Kung may lukot pwede namang planstahin [if there are kinks, these could be ironed out]," Manzano added.
Manzano also joked that when he heard of the rumors of candidates withdrawing from the race, he said he thought it was his rivals, Mar Roxas and Loren Legarda.
He said he has full confidence in Teodoro and Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno, who convinced him to join the race.
Teodoro and Manzano have met and settled the actor's purported complaints about inadequate campaign funds, sources from the camp of the Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslim Democrats told INQUIRER.net.
The sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to media, said Teodoro asked Manzano to make a public appearance with him to dispel speculations they were splitting.
Reli German, Manzano's campaign manager, griped about the lack of resources from the party. He said this was the reason the actor has no campaign advertisements yet.
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