{"id":46719,"date":"2015-04-11T00:14:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T16:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=46719"},"modified":"2015-04-11T00:14:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T16:14:03","slug":"malacanang-exec-says-pnoy-still-choosing-the-next-lp-standard-bearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/11\/malacanang-exec-says-pnoy-still-choosing-the-next-lp-standard-bearer\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaca\u00f1ang exec says PNoy still choosing the next LP standard bearer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno Aquino III at the Philippines Investment Forum, 24 March 2015 (Photo by Gil Nartea \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — The quest for the next standard bearer of Liberal Party (LP), where President Benigno S. Aquino III belongs to, continues, a Palace spokesperson said Friday.<\/p>\n

In a briefing, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the President will announce his decision on who he will support in the 2016 presidential elections once he has decided on it.<\/p>\n

\u201dAt this point, I can say that consensus building is ongoing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Valte explained that the President, in some of his speeches, has mentioned the characteristics of his successor – someone who can continue the reforms put in place by the current Aquino administration, someone whose integrity is unquestioned and whose honesty unassailable, and someone who will be committed to making good governance the rule of his administration.<\/p>\n

She said that \u201das long as the President has not announced a particular candidate, we cannot take questions or speculate on who that candidate will be, what talks they have had, et cetera.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dSo allow up s to wait for the President to indicate something before we can discuss,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Asked on her thoughts on what she thinks the public would favor \u2013 whether the election-related surveys or Aquino\u2019s endorsement, Valte said this is best left to political analysts.<\/p>\n

\u201dI cannot predict at this point in time whether the surveys now or the pre-election surveys will be borne out by the votes of the Filipino people. So, at this point, we can\u2019t tell. But what is important to the President is to continue laying out the rest of his programs for the rest of the 446 days that we are — that he remains in office,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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