Thread by @cnnphilippines

THREAD: @iampinkywebb speaks to vice-presidential candidate @WaldenBello on #TheSource | LIVE bit.ly/3MsdcJF

• Bello: Debate cancellation favors Marcos, Duterte
• Unification to defeat Sara Duterte?
• Final stretch of the campaign

Bello says he and running mate Leody de Guzman will attend Comelec's pre-taped panel interviews: We appreciate every opportunity to reach out to the Filipino people

Bello on Comelec's panel interviews: This is really no substitute for a debate because the people really want is a head-on confrontation between candidates so they can make their choice bit.ly/3kbTHsN

Bello says the cancellation of the last Comelec town hall debates favor Marcos-Duterte tandem: This is what exactly something what the Marcos-Duterte camp wants, which is not to attend debates

Bello: If there was a shortfall on the funds, Comelec could have easily stepped in. Comelec has a budget of ₱14B a year so madali lang iyon

Bello says the debates should have been Comelec's priority: It's very fishy, parang naghahanap lang yung Comelec ng excuse

Bello on cancelation of Comelec's town hall debates: There's a big coincidence between that resolve and sa gusto ng Marcos-Duterte not to attend debates

Bello: Either sadya ito or napakalaking palpak. It calls into question the capability of Comelec to manage the elections... It's very, very fishy

Bello: They (Marcos-Duterte) have been able to skip the challenge of a debate which they have been pressured. Malakas ang sentimyento ng mga tao na umattend sila, ngayon wala na yung pressure na iyon

Bello says he agrees with Tito Sotto's statement that there are still a lot of 'thinking' voters less than two weeks before #TheFilipinoVotes

Bello: Very fluid talaga yung voter preference at this point in time. Nagiisip talaga ang mga tao bit.ly/3LciJ6X

Bello on May 9 elections: I'm very, very concerned at this point in time. If Comelec cannot carry out an orderly conduct of the debates, how can you trust them in managing a big national election?

Bello on Comelec Commissioner Rey Bulay's remark on critics' possible arrest: I'm quite alarmed... Mr. Rey Bulay has a diplomacy of an attack dog bit.ly/3xVaqIP

Bello on Smartmatic data security breach: There's has been no satisfactory explanation on the data leak. It becomes more and more serious... All you heard from Comelec was there was a data leak but not important data. That's not a good explanation