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They’re set to make it official.
“Confirming the loudest whisper since Monday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) where President Benigno Aquino III lavished extra praise on Secretary Mar Roxas II, a ranking Liberal Party official said Aquino will enforsed the Interior and Local Government chief as the administration’s standard bearer for the 2016 elections,” reports Lira Dalangin-Fernandez on InterAksyon.com.
According to Samar Representative Mel Senen Sarmiento, LP secretary general, the endorsement will happen at 9am on Fri, Jul 31, at Club Filipino in San Juan City.
The report noted: “LP members and other coalition partners of the ruling party will witness the endorsement, which would seal the administration’s hunt for a candidate in next year’s elections.”
Photo: Press release
