Kembot Girls shames Filipina women in Nacionalista Party sorties
“PARA SIGURADONG MAPANGALAGAAN ang kapakanan ng kababaihan, pinakamagaling at pinakamarami ang babae sa ticket namin. Dahil naniniwala ako sa kanilang kakayanan at integredad. Suportahan natin sila (To make sure that women’s welfare is upheld, we have the best and most number of women in our ticket. Because I believe in their capabilities and integrity. Let’s support them).”
These are Sen. Manny Villar’s lines in a Nacionalista Party TV ad featuring its women candidates. With the “Kembot Girls” joining NP’s campaign sorties, Gabriela challenges Villar to stay true to his claims.
The TV ad notes how strong women power is in the NP ticket. It is thus disheartening to know that instead of going along the line of women’s empowerment, the NP has been using scantily-clad women dancers to attract more audience to its rallies.
We call the attention of the people in charge of organizing NP political rallies to give due respect to the party’s women candidates as well as to the women voters, by refraining from using women in a demeaning manner just to attract a big audience.
NP’s women candidates, including Makabayan senatorial candidate Liza Maza, have appealed against the inclusion of the Kembot Girls in NP’s campaign sorties. We couldn’t agree more with Maza’s statement: “Kembot Girls have no place in political rallies and we don’t need Kembot Girls to sell our platform.”
Surely, NP is confident of its political platform. We understand that a campaign sortie needs some elements of entertainment to keep the attention of its audience, but using scantily-clad, gyrating dancers to attract audience is not entertainment, but a commodification of women. And the NP, by employing such gimmickry in its sorties, is not empowering women as it claims to be.
By: Emmi de Jesus
National Vice Chair, Gabriela
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Hypocrite. Villar. Enough said.
Gawin ba namang Wowowee ang kampanya? Kalurkey!!!
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bakit ba kailangang may naka panti at bra sa mga ganitong okasyon?
pampadami daw ng audience. ~LOL~
Kawawa naman the Kembot Girls, they’re just doing their job. Charing!
Perhaps Manny Villar did not understand the message of his political ad for the women because if he does, he wouldn’t allow these girls gyrating in front of an audience, much worse sa kampanya pa.
On the other hand, eh kasi naman yung Kembot Girls package deal yan kasama ni Willie.
kasama ba si loren legarda sa kembot babes na to? haha. np, villar-legarda should show more respect to women, not portray them as commodities.
Kembot Girls add flares and fuel to the campaign, sending crowds-masses into hyperventilation, amisdt the already unbearable hot season. But dont worry, coz soon they’d all be picked up at kangkoongans after these election fever is over.
crowd drawer nga naman ang mga kembot girls, pero ang mga botante matalino na di sila makukuha sa kembot at paggiling
mga manyak nanonood ng rally ni villar. haha. cheapipay
sa beerhouse na lang sila mangampanya. matulungan pa nila ang mga nite gurls dun.
good way talaga yung mga ganoong style, sana si loren na lang pisayaw nila, wala namang ginawa yan eh..if you could notice lahat ng babae sa line ni villar my inisponsore or co author sa bill, tingnan nyo sa add nila, si loren lng ang wala..