{"id":61060,"date":"2015-09-09T16:34:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T08:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=61060"},"modified":"2015-09-09T16:34:20","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T08:34:20","slug":"aquino-still-wants-poe-as-vp-bet-seeks-coalition-unity-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/09\/09\/aquino-still-wants-poe-as-vp-bet-seeks-coalition-unity-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquino still wants Poe as VP bet, seeks coalition unity in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III expresses his views during the Interview with the Inquirer reporters, editors, and columnists during the Meet the Inquirer Multimedia Forum in Makati on Tuesday\u00a0
(Photo from the Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau\/Joseph Vidal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 With the desire to preserve unity within the administration\u2019s coalition, President Benigno \u201cNoynoy\u201d Aquino III remained hopeful in having Senator Grace Poe as the ruling Liberal Party\u2019s (LP) vice presidential bid.<\/p>\n

Should Poe accept the LP\u2019s offer, she would then be the running mate of standard-bearer Manuel \u201cMar\u201d Roxas II in next year\u2019s national elections.<\/p>\n

But with speculations that Poe would instead seek the country\u2019s highest post, the President noted that he deemed Roxas more experienced in public service than the neophyte senator. This made the former Interior Secretary the administration\u2019s preferred presidential candidate, while Poe was needed to keep divisions among political forces from happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil the end of the filing period I don\u2019t think we are giving up. It\u2019s still different if we get united,\u201d Aquino said, wanting the continuation of his \u2018daang matuwid\u2019 (straight path) type of governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was asked: are you still holding the doors open for Grace? Yes. Has she accepted? Obviously, not yet. But if not, there are at least two in my mind right now. But one that I\u2019m really pushing for,\u201d he added, admitting that other government officials were being considered for the post if Poe rejects their offer.<\/p>\n

While the President did not name his other vice presidential bets, Senate President Franklin Drilon disclosed that the other politicians eyed by LP for the post were Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto, Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo and Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Alan Peter Cayetano.\u00a0\u2013 with quotes from the Inquirer Multimedia Forum held on Tuesday, September 8\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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