{"id":156974,"date":"2018-03-16T22:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T02:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=156974"},"modified":"2018-03-16T22:06:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T02:06:37","slug":"roque-on-2019-senatorial-polls-i-want-to-run-but-i-have-no-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/16\/roque-on-2019-senatorial-polls-i-want-to-run-but-i-have-no-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Roque on 2019 senatorial polls: \u2018I want to run but I have no money\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_146495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146495\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180108-ph-LIM1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146495\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180108-ph-LIM1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. ( YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180108-ph-LIM1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180108-ph-LIM1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180108-ph-LIM1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180108-ph-LIM1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. ( YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday admitted he wants to run for senator but has no financial machinery to raise some PHP500 million for the 2019 midterm elections campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDo I want to run? Yes, I do. But the reality is, 14 months from now, you need 500 million (pesos). That\u2019s minimum,\u201d Roque said in a Mindavote Live interview in Davao City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He said he is thankful to President Rodrigo R. Duterte for expressing support for his possible presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m so thankful to our President. But the real problem is I have no money\u201d he said, adding that 14 months are not enough for him to raise funds for TV ads that are crucial to a candidate\u2019s winnability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have no illusions. I know I was born a normal person. I know that possibly I would need more time if I want to raise that money. Anyway, there is still another chance,\u201d Roque said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He further said he is disappointed with the country\u2019s \u201cpolitical system\u201d wherein rich candidates are allowed to spend so much money that would assure their victory in the polls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cCandidates should not be allowed to spend so much in an election because it would mean that only rich candidates or those who are supported by individuals investing in politics can run in election,\u201d the former party-list representative said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He said election campaigns should focus on the candidates\u2019 ability to answers all questions \u201cso that we can get best to lead our country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For now, Roque said he wants to concentrate on his task as spokesperson of the President.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Roque, an international law expert, is the concurrent presidential adviser on human rights.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday admitted he wants to run for senator but has no financial machinery to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":146495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[15359],"class_list":["post-156974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-harry-roque","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}