Escudero to Roxas, Binay: Stop making Poe’s citizenship an issue
Former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and Vice President Jejomar Binay INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
If former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas believes that Senator Grace Poe is Filipino, then he should “explicitly” tell his colleagues in the Liberal Party (LP) and supporters to stop making an issue of it, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Tuesday.
Escudero, running mate of Poe in the 2016 elections, said the same holds true for Vice President Jejomar Binay.
“It’s getting harder and harder to give the leaders of LP and UNA (United Nationalist Alliance) the benefit of the doubt given the revelations of Sen. Gordon,” he said in a statement, referring to former Senator Richard Gordon’s claim that he was approached by members of LP and UNA to file a disqualification case against Poe.
READ: Gordon: LP, UNA members asked me to file case vs Grace Poe
“When your leaders say one thing and do another, it does not speak well of their character nor of their capacity to lead the nation. Our people expect honesty, not doublespeak; integrity, not deceit.”
Escudero then called on Roxas and Binay, standard-bearers of LP and UNA, respectively, to tell their party mates and supporters to stop making an issue of Poe’s citizenship.
READ: LP denies asking Gordon to file disqualification case against Poe
“C.S. Lewis said that integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching. Hindi yung subukan natin, baka makalusot,” he said.
“If Mar believes that Grace is Filipino, he should explicitly tell LP members and supporters to stop making an issue of it. The same holds true for VP Binay, who also invited Grace to be his VP.”
Both Roxas and Binay considered Poe to be their respective running mate in the 2016 elections but the lady senator decided to run against them instead.
“Perhaps they were hoping Sen. Gordon could give credence to the false charges against Sen. Poe, being an accomplished public servant. We maintain our call for all candidates to keep the campaign clean, platform-based and on a professional level,” Escudero added. TVJ
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