{"id":53087,"date":"2015-06-25T16:12:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T08:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=53087"},"modified":"2015-06-25T16:12:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T08:12:25","slug":"susan-roces-on-poe-its-up-to-her-if-she-will-follow-her-fathers-footsteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/25\/susan-roces-on-poe-its-up-to-her-if-she-will-follow-her-fathers-footsteps\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Roces on Poe: It\u2019s up to her if she will follow her father\u2019s footsteps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Grace Poe with mother Susan Roces (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Actress Susan Roces, wife of late presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr., said that she would not influence her daughter Grace Poe\u2019s political plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s up to her to decide whether she will follow her father\u2019s footsteps,\u201d Roces said on ANC\u2019s news program, hesitating to get involved with Poe\u2019s decision making on whether to seek higher office in next year\u2019s national elections or to run for reelection in her current post.<\/p>\n

Roces admits, however, that she was overwhelmed with her daughter topping the recent presidential preferences surveys, escalating past Vice President Jejomar Binay who used to dominate the polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cBilang ina, nakakataba ng puso na ganu\u2019n ang reaksiyon nila. Ngunit sa isang banda, mahirap na trabaho \u2018yan\u2026 Hindi mo basta-basta pinaplano \u2018yan,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

(As a mother, the people\u2019s reaction [on Poe] is inspiring. But in one aspect, it\u2019s a difficult job\u2026 You don\u2019t just plan it.)<\/p>\n

Roces was reportedly against her late husband\u2019s presidential candidacy in 2004. Poe, for her part, has not yet expressed interest in joining the coming election\u2019s presidential race as she is still talking with experts for advice.<\/p>\n

\u201c[As a mother], you can only perhaps give suggestions if you are asked,\u201d Roces said.<\/p>\n

Should Poe run for president or vice president in 2016, Roces only desired the best for her daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever the future holds for her, my main concern as a mother is her happiness and her safety, and her health,\u201d Roces said in a press conference, adding that she continuously pray for her daughter\u2019s well being.<\/p>\n

Roces has recently been taping for a television series adaptation of her husband\u2019s 1977 film \u201cAnd Probinyano.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[Politics] is another world. This [show business] is my world and I love it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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