{"id":185155,"date":"2018-10-11T20:41:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T00:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=185155"},"modified":"2025-01-09T12:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:46:38","slug":"roque-denies-seeking-nomination-kabayan-partylist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/11\/roque-denies-seeking-nomination-kabayan-partylist\/","title":{"rendered":"Roque denies seeking nomination from Kabayan partylist"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_151339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151339\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151339\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cAbsolutely false,\u201d Roque told the media in a text message, in response to Kabayan\u2019s claim that it was \u201cnot surprised\u201d about receiving a feeler from Roque, who used to be their member. (PCOO Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday denied claims by the Kabayan partylist group that he has sent \u201cfeelers\u201d to become one of its nominees in next year\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely false,\u201d Roque told the media in a text message, in response to Kabayan\u2019s claim that it was \u201cnot surprised\u201d about receiving a feeler from Roque, who used to be their member.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are quite pleased that Mr. Roque considers the value of Kabayan Partylist even at this very late hour,&#8221; Kabayan said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The partylist, however, emphasized that Roque is \u201cno longer a member of Kabayan Partylist as he was removed in January 2017.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ciprodex online <a href=\"https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ciprodex.html\">https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ciprodex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Roque, meanwhile, reiterated that he has not yet decided on whether he will stay or vacate his post to seek public office as the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) kicked off Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill not sure (if) I will run for Senate,\u201d Roque said in a text message, where he also clarified that he has not yet resigned as President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s spokesman.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy stendra online <a href=\"https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/stendra.html\">https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/stendra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Government officials are considered resigned from their respective posts once they file their certificate of candidacy (COC). The filing period for COCs is on Oct. 11-12 and Oct. 15-17<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday (Oct. 9), Roque confirmed that he has already shot a campaign advertisement despite being undecided about joining the Senatorial race.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte earlier advised Roque to continue working for government and not vacate his post since he would not win in the polls anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The nationwide Pulse Asia senatorial survey showed Roque ranking 29th to 36th place.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was not surprised about receiving a low ranking, lamenting how most senators are elected in office because of fame and power, and not because of possessing the right qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte offered Roque to head the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) once it is revived.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy semaglutide online <a href=\"https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/semaglutide.html\">https:\/\/thefixaspen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/semaglutide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Since Roque has yet to make up his mind about his Senate bid, Duterte has offered the (OPS) position to his chief legal counsel, Salvador Panelo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday denied claims by the Kabayan partylist group that he has sent \u201cfeelers\u201d to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":151339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185155","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281740,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185155\/revisions\/281740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}