Philippines - Filipino-born New York-based philanthropist and industrialist Loida Nicolas Lewis has been urging Filipinos in the United States to donate funds for the candidacy of Liberal Party standard bearer Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III and his running mate Manuel Roxas II.
She strongly believes that Aquino is incorruptible so she led the fund-raising in the US to boost the campaign of the top LP bets. Lewis, a billionaire, a lawyer by profession and the chair-person and chief executive officer of TLC Beatrice said that Aquino is beyond corruption and is "the best person who can lead the country forward." She gave an inspirational message during the Rotary International District 3860 event in the US.
"Eloquence can be thought. Skill can be learned. But honesty and integrity is your character. It is in your DNA. It is built within you. Aquino's character is impeccable. Lewis said.
She has organized the US Pinoys for Aquino-Roxas Movement and being the treasurer of the group, she personally talked to over a thousand of Filipinos in the United States asking them to give funds for the tandem. Aquino has no money and we should help him and Cebuanos should vote for him considering Cebu is the new leader in this country and has the capability to make change by voting through their conscience.
Lewis was likewise alarmed by the reports that the first time poll automation in the country may suffer a lot of glitches especially that Smartmatic has been rejected by the US Congress. So alarmed that she had a talked with the US secretary State Hillary Clinton 2 weeks ago and requested to US foreign observers to the Philippines during the election day. Maybe Jimmy Carter [former US president] will be in the country, she said in the press conference.
Lewis added that the coming election is really a battle of good and evil as this is now the chance for the nation to move forward and "be a nation that we can truly be proud of". She likewise hit Nacionalista Party standard bearer Manuel Villar, a self-made billionaire, and asked the people to investigate his background and how he got his wealth. "People should investigate and there you will see how he acquired his wealth. It's HORRIBLE.
BE aware, Lewis is the wife of the late Reginald Lewis who acquired Beatrice International in Dec 1987 in a $985 million leverage buyout, creating the largest African-American company in the US. She is also the chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice[China], Limited, a Cayman company which operates retail convenience stores in five major cities in China and TLC Beatrice Foods [Philippines] which operates a fresh meat processing plant.
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