Villar can’t tell between fake, real – LP spokesman
Nacionalista Party presidential bet Senator Manny Villar cannot tell what is real and what is fake, a spokesman for Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino said over the weekend.
“Unless he is feigning ignorance, Villar does not seem to know the difference between fake and authentic documents,” Edwin Lacierda, spokesperson for Aquino’s presidential campaign, claimed in a statement.
Lacierda was referring to the fake Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) psychology department report, which alleged that Aquino underwent a psychiatric evaluation in 1996 when he was 36 years old.
The document said Aquino was assessed as suffering from a major depressive disorder and was recommended to undergo therapy.
It added that Aquino has problems with his speech and in concentration due to tensions related to work and separation from his flight-attendant girlfriend.
The document also alleged that Aquino has a history of smoking marijuana.
The ADMU has denied the authenticity of the document.
Father Carmelo "Tito" Caluag, who supposedly signed the document, also denied the document. He said he has never worked under the ADMU psychology department.
“By calling upon Sen Noynoy Aquino to answer the fake report, Villar dignified it even as it has been debunked as a forgery by two independent sources – Fr. Tito Caluag and the Psychology Department of Ateneo de Manila University. He further troubled Fr. Caluag, who is not a trained psychologist, by calling on him to clarify the content of the fake report just because someone pasted his signature on it...all this over a fake report that the Nacionalista Party fabricated,” Lacierda claimed.

