{"id":35421,"date":"2014-12-14T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=35421"},"modified":"2014-12-14T19:00:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T11:00:09","slug":"grace-poe-i-dont-have-to-be-in-the-top-position-to-fight-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/14\/grace-poe-i-dont-have-to-be-in-the-top-position-to-fight-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Poe: \u2018I don\u2019t have to be in the top position to fight corruption\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Grace Poe – Llamanzares. Photo from Poe’s official Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Amidst her rising popularity as a possible candidate for the 2016 presidential elections, Senator Grace Poe said that she does not need to be in the highest seat of the land to fight corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have to be in the top position, wherever I am \u2013 all of us, wherever we are \u2013 we can help in this straight and narrow path,\u201d she said to reporters while attending a ceremony to commemorate the 10th death anniversary of her father, Fernando Poe Jr.<\/p>\n

Over the last months, Poe\u2019s popularity ratings have spiked; so much so that the gap between her and Vice President Jejomar Binay \u2013 whose credibility has plummeted due to allegations of corruption \u2013 has narrowed markedly.<\/p>\n

The sharp increase in Poe\u2019s ratings has fueled calls from the citizenry for the senator to run for president in the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n

When queried by reporters as to what her father would advise her to do, Poe said : \u201cSiguro sasabihin ng tatay ko sa akin ay maging sinsero sa anumang gagawin ko. Magpakatotoo\u2026 Pangalawa, ang desisyon mo ay hindi para sa sarili mo kundi ang ikabubuti ng mas nakararami<\/em> (My father would probably tell me to be sincere in everything I do. To be true\u2026Secondly, that my decision should not be just for myself, but for the good of the majority.)\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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