Senator Grace Poe (left) reverses roles with news photographers, taking the picture of newly elected Press Photographers of the Philippines officers shortly after their oath taking Monday at the Senate. Poe led the oath taking as chairman of the Committee for Public Information and Mass Media. (MNS Photo)
MANILA (Mabuhay) – The administration and Senators Francis Escudero and Grace Poe had a good coalition in 2013, which could be sustained until 2016, a Palace official said.
It was reported that President Aquino met with Escudero and Poe this week underscoring the importance of having a single candidate for the 2016 presidential polls.
“Maganda ‘yung coalition ‘nung 2013, bakit hindi natin ipagpatuloy ang coalition on 2016?” Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a radio interview Saturday.
Lacierda was asked by reporters in an interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan if it’s disadvantageous for the administration party’s pro-reform initiatives if Poe and Escudero are not part of the coalition.
The President’s paramount concern is the continuity of the reforms that he has started, Lacierda said.
“If you noticed the speeches that the President has been giving, he has always emphasized the importance of continuing the reforms,” he said.
“And so I think that’s paramount in his consideration as to who he will choose as his endorsee for the next presidential elections in 2016.”
The administration’s “daang matuwid” must continue and the President hopes that everything that he achieved must be sustained, Lacierda added.
“Marami pa pong dapat gawin, hindi pa perpekto ang ating ginagawa, pero kung patuloy po nating gagawin ito at i-fa-fast forward po natin ang daang matuwid ay malaking tulong po ito sa ating sambayanan.”
The President said in his previous interviews that he will announced his presidential bet for next year’s election after his state-of-the-nation address (SONA) late this month. (MNS)