{"id":56593,"date":"2015-07-22T10:13:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T02:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=56593"},"modified":"2015-07-22T10:13:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T02:13:25","slug":"ate-vi-not-interested-in-vp-bid-ralph-recto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/22\/ate-vi-not-interested-in-vp-bid-ralph-recto\/","title":{"rendered":"Ate Vi not interested in VP bid — Ralph Recto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Governor Vilma Santos-Recto at Danny Dolor’s “Alitaptap” Movie Posters Exhibit in Lipa City, Batangas (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto yesterday said that his wife, Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto is not interested in running for vice president or any higher post.<\/p>\n

The senator made the statement amid reports that his wife is running for vice president in next year’s polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think Vi said there were feelers. She reacted to statements that there are people considering her to be their vice president. And she said thanks for considering her but she is not interested,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is not interested. She will only run for vice president if I were her president,\u201d reacto added in jest,\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a separate interview, Sen. Sergio Osmena III said that Santos-Recto is among the viable vice presidential candidates for the administration.<\/p>\n

Osmena added that she\u00a0has equal chances with Naga City Rep. Leni Robredo, the wife of the late interior secretary Jesse Robredo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, again there\u2019s a plus or minus there. The VP does not bring votes to the president. As a matter of fact, the habit of Filipino voters is to split their votes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you do need a credible vice-presidential candidate\u2026 as long as you have a credible candidate, that\u2019s okay. They can pick any Cabinet member or congressman, although I think the strongest candidate will be either of the two ladies \u2013 Vilma Santos or Leni Robredo.”<\/p>\n

\u201cLeni is a very good sell. She\u2019s got a wonderful image, she\u2019s highly intelligent, she\u2019s a lawyer. She has already three years of congresswoman but in all of those years she was the partner of Jesse Robredo, who was mayor of Naga City. And she\u2019s a very beautiful and charming woman, so she\u2019s an easy sell,\u201d Osme\u00f1a added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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