{"id":60792,"date":"2015-09-06T02:56:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=60792"},"modified":"2025-01-18T19:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T00:21:14","slug":"drilon-its-about-time-to-look-for-another-vp-candidate-besides-poe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/09\/06\/drilon-its-about-time-to-look-for-another-vp-candidate-besides-poe\/","title":{"rendered":"Drilon: It\u2019s about time to look for another VP candidate, besides Poe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Franklin Drilon (Photo by Joseph Vidal\/PRIB via Drilon’s Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Senate President Franklin Drilon, vice chairman of the ruling Liberal Party (LP), urged the political party to consider other viable vice presidential candidates besides Senator Grace Poe as she was likely to join the presidential race in next year\u2019s national elections.<\/p>\n

Since being endorsed as President Benigno \u201cNoynoy\u201d Aquino III\u2019s preferred successor, Interior Secretary Manuel \u201cMar\u201d Roxas II has been persuading Poe to be his running mate as she was also part of the administration coalition in the previous general elections.<\/p>\n

Drilon, however, asserted that at this time, Poe has already been giving hints of her presidential bid. Although the neophyte senator has not yet expressed her interest in seeking a higher post in the coming elections, the senate leader believed that her actions showed otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my view, Senator Grace Poe is already a candidate for president.<\/p>\n

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The writings are on the wall. She will run,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, she has been going around, making speeches to various schools and organizations. You would not be doing that if you were not a candidate. It is not easy to go around,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Drilon then called on his party members to move on and make another move.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop na (now)\u2026 I will ask the LP National Executive Council (NECO) to convene as soon as possible in order to nominate and approve our vice presidential candidate for 2016\u2019s running mate of Secretary Mar Roxas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we prepare and complete our slate for 2016, including the senators. So I will ask our acting party president [Transportation] Secretary [Joseph Emilio] Abaya to convene the council,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Senate President also noted that the deadline for the filing of the Certificates of Candidacy (COC) was \u2018just around the corner.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the deadline drawing near, I believe we have to help Secretary Roxas in coming up with a complete ticket. Based on the constitution of the LP, the NECO can nominate. Of course, we will consult Secretary Roxas,\u201d said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Batangas Governor] Santos (Vilma Santos-Recto) is a viable candidate, also Congresswoman Leni Robredo. In the Senate, Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Sonny Trillanes, have made themselves available,\u201d he added. \u201cThere are other names. That\u2019s just an initial thought.<\/p>\n

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But what is important is that Senator Poe, the way I see it, is already a candidate for president.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trillanes, for his part, preferred running as an independent and admitted backing Poe\u2019s candidacy should she run for president.<\/p>\n

\u201cI already personally informed Secretary Mar that our Magdalo group will support Senator Grace Poe\u2019s candidacy for president,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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