{"id":58158,"date":"2015-08-05T14:31:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T06:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58158"},"modified":"2025-01-18T16:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T21:15:26","slug":"grace-poe-will-run-for-president-in-2016-says-npc-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/05\/grace-poe-will-run-for-president-in-2016-says-npc-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Poe will run for president in 2016, says NPC head"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Grace Poe (Photo from Poe’s official Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Although Senator Grace Poe has not yet officially declared her interest in seeking a higher post in next year\u2019s national elections, Nationalist People\u2019s Coalition (NPC) president and Isabela Representative Giorgidi Aggabao has disclosed that the neophyte senator was already eyeing the presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom what I gathered, she has already fixed her mind on the presidency, and that won\u2019t change. That is also true in the case of Senator Chiz (Francis) Escudero,\u201d Aggabao said in a press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t talked to any of them, but I learned that that\u2019s the decision,\u201d he added, also disclosing that Poe and Escudero would formally announce their candidacies next month.<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0Poe still mum on running<\/a><\/p>\n

With talks that most NPC members would be supporting a Poe-Escudero tandem, Aggabao reiterated that the two were independents; hence, they did not belong to NPC or any other political party. He did not rule out, however, the possibility of NPC adopting Poe and Escudero in their party.<\/p>\n

When asked about the issue on Poe\u2019s lack of experience in public service, Aggabao said that it was still \u2018a debatable issue.<\/p>\n

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\u2019 He also cited United States (US) President Barack Obama who also had little experience before running for the country\u2019s highest post.<\/p>\n

NPC secretary general and Batangas Representative Mark Mendoza, on the other hand, clarified that the NPC has not yet formally met and discussed their presidential and vice presidential bids.<\/p>\n

Escudero was an NPC member in 2009 but later on left the party and ran for senator in 2013, alongside Poe who was also an independent. Both campaigned with Team P-Noy.<\/p>\n

In the 2010 presidential elections, the NPC supported President Benigno \u201cNoynoy\u201d Aquino III. The party\u2019s founder, Eduardo \u201cDanding\u201d Cojuangco Jr., was Aquino\u2019s uncle.<\/p>\n

For the 2016 elections, Cojuanco has not yet declared support to any candidate. His son, Marcos, however, has openly declared support for Vice President Jejomar \u201cJojo\u201d Binay\u2019s candidacy. But Aggabao pointed out that \u2018at the end of the day, he (Marcos) would abide by the party\u2019s decision.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Auqino has been urged to again form a coalition with the NPC, Nacionalista Party (NP) and National Unity Party (NUP) for the coming national elections.<\/p>\n

While the said political parties still did not have presidential and vice presidential bets, Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr.<\/p>\n

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believed that Roxas could still get their support.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am with NUP, but I am committed to Mar Roxas. I think I can convince many of my partymates to support my candidate,\u201d Barzaga said in a Philippine Star report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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