{"id":59243,"date":"2015-08-18T14:57:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T06:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59243"},"modified":"2015-08-18T14:57:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T06:57:56","slug":"poe-im-still-deciding-i-dont-want-to-give-false-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/18\/poe-im-still-deciding-i-dont-want-to-give-false-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Poe: I\u2019m still deciding; I don\u2019t want to give false hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Grace Poe (Photo from Poe’s official Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Senator Grace Poe did not want to keep the ruling Liberal Party (LP) hanging and encouraged them to consider backing other potential vice presidential candidates for next year\u2019s national elections.<\/p>\n

The LP has been wooing Poe to be the running mate of their standard-bearer, Interior Secretary Manuel \u201cMar\u201d Roxas II in the coming general elections.<\/p>\n

Roxas has even visited the neophyte senator in her home over the weekend. Poe, however, remained undecided if she would seek higher office in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told [him] he had many potential vice presidential candidates to choose from,\u201d the senator told reporters, admitting that she would be meeting with the interior secretary again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to mislead or to give false hopes. But what I\u2019m saying is that at this point, I\u2019m still deciding, I\u2019m studying it and it\u2019s up to them (LP) if they will wait. But I am thankful that their doors are open [to me] but I am not encouraging them to wait if this is against their plans or contrary to their position,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Although Roxas was willing to wait until Poe reached a decision, other LP members former Rep. Erin Ta\u00f1ada and Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda asserted that the political party could not wait forever.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I told him (Roxas) I understand they cannot wait for a long time, especially if they are organizing. But for me, he will not lose (a running mate) because the party has many to choose from,\u201d Poe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will stand firm on what\u2019s good for our country even if the courting is so sweet. What I\u2019m saying, generally, is even if the courting is so sweet, the decision still lies in the heart,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The LP reportedly wanted Poe to run alongside Roxas to boost the latter\u2019s fairings in the elections. Poe topped the latest presidential preferences surveys while the interior secretary ranked either third or fourth.<\/p>\n

The senator has already set a deadline for her to come up with a decision in the coming elections but did not disclose when this date was.<\/p>\n

Not completely shunning the LP, Poe was asked if she still had political plans with possible running mate Senator Francis \u201cChiz\u201d Escudero. The senator stayed mum but clarified that Roxas and Escudero remained her friends sans politics.<\/p>\n

Roxas, for his part, only shared few details about his four-hour meeting with the senator.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a nice talk\u2026 But allow us to keep the details to ourselves for now, since we have agreed to meet again,\u201d he told reporters in a different interview.<\/p>\n

Escudero, on the other hand, did not know about the meeting and clarified that he and Poe had not yet talked about their plans for the 2016 elections. He assured, however, that he would support whatever decision she would make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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