{"id":51665,"date":"2015-06-12T16:26:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T08:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51665"},"modified":"2015-06-12T16:29:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T08:29:54","slug":"aquino-still-undecided-on-whom-to-endorse-as-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/12\/aquino-still-undecided-on-whom-to-endorse-as-successor\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquino still undecided on whom to endorse as successor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (Photo from Aquino’s website)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 With regards to his anticipated endorsement, President Benigno \u201cNoynoy\u201d Aquino III stated that he still had to finish his \u2018consultations\u2019 before formally announcing his chosen presidential candidate in next year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n

Aquino hinted that he could not give the support Vice President Jejomar \u201cJojo\u201d Binay hoped for as he clarified that the only support he could give to any candidate was a fair and orderly elections.<\/p>\n

Aquino also questioned Binay\u2019s expectations as the vice president was a member of a different party and an ally of other groups in previous elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen come 2016, we will be together? It\u2019s like, it turns out he is coming to us but he took a long detour to get to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Binay, however, still looked forward to a come-from-behind endorsement like the one brought about by Senator Francis \u201cChiz\u201d Escudero in the 2010 national elections.<\/p>\n

Ebbing Binay\u2019s expectations,\u00a0 Senate President and Liberal Party (LP) vice chairman Franklin Drilon clarified that Aquino\u2019s endorsement would only be given to an LP member.<\/p>\n

Caloocan Representative and LP member Edgar Erice also confirmed that Aquino was not considering Binay among his preferences of candidates to endorse.<\/p>\n

With Binay ruled out from the possible endorsed candidate, Interior Secretary Manuel \u201cMar\u201d Roxas II had been speculated as LP\u2019s possible standard-bearer and thus, Aquino\u2019s preferred presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

To this, Aquino opted to stay mum and reiterated finishing his consultations first. Aquino earlier stated that he would declare his endorsement after his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) next month.<\/p>\n

Aside from Binay and Roxas, Senator Grace Poe was also rumored to be one of Aquino\u2019s choices of candidates to endorse. Aquino and Poe had been holding one-on-one meetings in the past weeks.<\/p>\n

The two confirmed the meetings. Poe, however, clarified that she was not offered any position. Aquino, on the other hand, disclosed that they had only talked about the government\u2019s present projects and good governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some clarity about perspective \u2026 the viewpoints on governance, she agrees. She said we should see eye to eye on what should happen, which is the continuance of the current governance,\u201d Aquino said.<\/p>\n

Poe, for her part, stated that she had \u2018a lot of things\u2019 to consider before laying out her political plans. She explained that running for a higher post was \u2018not an easy decision to make.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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