NPC willing to adopt Poe-Chiz in 2016

Senator Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero attends the senate hearing for the Mamasapano clash. Also in the picture, Senator Grace Poe. (Facebook photo)

MANILA — Nationalist People’s Coalition Secretary General on Tuesday said that most of its members are willing to adopt Senators Grace Poe and Francis “Chiz” Escudero should they decide to run for president and vice president in next year’s elections.

“For now, NPC has not met as a party to formalize its stand. However, many, if not all, members of the party are rooting for a Poe-Chiz tandem,”Deputy Speaker and Isabela Representative Giorgidi Aggabao said.

“If that is any gauge, the party may likely adopt them as candidates and offer to them the infrastructure of the party,” he added.

Aggabao said that that Poe should not agree to run for vice president under the ruling Liberal Party (LP).

“Grace Poe is on top of the heap. It would be nonsensical for her to slide down. Grace may even run as independent. She does not need the apparatus of a political party because solid political parties like the NPC and others may opt to adopt her,” he said.

“The sheer beauty of running as independent is: she will not be beholden to any political interests,” he added.