{"id":51138,"date":"2015-06-02T13:26:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T05:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51138"},"modified":"2015-06-02T15:28:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T07:28:14","slug":"moms-not-mum-roxas-no-comment-on-his-mothers-campaign-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/02\/moms-not-mum-roxas-no-comment-on-his-mothers-campaign-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom\u2019s not mum: Roxas no comment on his mother\u2019s ‘campaign’ efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DILG Sec. Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2014 Interior Secretary and Liberal Party\u2019s top presidential bet Mar Roxas said he \u201ccannot comment\u201d on his mother\u2019s statements about his candidacy for the upcoming 2016 national election.<\/p>\n

The Roxas matriarch, Judy Araneta-Roxas, recently hosted a dinner party in her family\u2019s ancestral home in Bago City, Negros Occidental with the leaders of the sugar industry of Bacolod and even Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Mara\u00f1on Jr. During the party, she reportedly spoke fondly of her son Mar and his presidential bid next year.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s safe to say that almost everyone in the party took her statements as a confirmation that her son will run for president in 2016. Everyone, except Mar himself who said it\u2019s nothing but \u201cfriendly chitchat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is, my mother is from there, she has many friends there. Perhaps her close friends, associates and relatives were talking about [the 2016 national elections] and other current events,\u201d Roxas said. \u201cI was not there so I cannot comment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roxas said he hasn\u2019t spoken with his mother, who is still in Capiz, regarding the issue.<\/p>\n

Recently, President Benigno Aquino III confirmed that Roxas is still the Liberal Party\u2019s standard bearer for the upcoming national polls. Roxas said he was \u201chumbled\u201d by PNoy\u2019s confidence in him and he is ready to continue the administration\u2019s programs to pursue the \u201cDaang Matuwid\u201d (straight path).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA \u2014 Interior Secretary and Liberal Party\u2019s top presidential bet Mar Roxas said he \u201ccannot comment\u201d on his mother\u2019s statements …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":24093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","category-politics","mauthors-ching-dee","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51138","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=51138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}