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VIVIAN
Yuchengco, a former Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
chairman, is disappointed that Makati Business Club (MBC)
executive director Alberto Lim is converting the
organization into a political party via statements
calling for the resignation of two Cabinet members
allegedly involved in the broadband deal scandal.
Yuchengco, in a two-page letter to Lim (a copy of which
was obtained by the BusinessMirror), said the MBC
official’s moves go against the organization’s mandate
and purpose.
“We are
supposed to be constructive, not destructive. We are
probusiness, not propolitics. We address economic and
social policy issues, not incite treason or rebellion.
It goes without saying, therefore, that we hired you as
a professional, not as an activist,” she told Lim in the
letter.
She
dared Lim to come out against the government as an
individual and not as MBC official.
“The MBC
has always been a mix of pro-administration and
opposition businessmen and this has been the case
through every single president since Marcos. At no time,
did anyone force their personal politics on the members
and all the time, the majority has always been consulted
on critical issues,” Yuchengco stressed.
Lim, for
his part, said his pronouncements made on Tuesday have
the blessings of the MBC board led by chairman Ramon del
Rosario and vice chairman Roberto de Ocampo.
“Whatever action I made was authorized by the board in
an earlier meeting held on February 11,” he said in an
interview by telephone.
On
Tuesday, Lim said in a press briefing that “special
times call for the nation to once again reassert its
political will.” He, however, emphasized that MBC is not
calling for a military takeover. Instead, the
organization wants the Arroyo government to get rid of
the scalawags and corrupt people.
“We are
for good corporate governance. We are not partisans,”
said Lim, who called for the resignations of Environment
Secretary Joselito Atienza and Commission on Higher
Education chairman Romulo Neri.
Lim
countered Yuchengco’s statements through a letter he
submitted to the membership Wednesday.
As a
group, he said the MBC would not participate in the mass
action scheduled tomorrow but it would allow employees
of its member-companies to join the rally if they want
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