Cayetano won’t stand in Drilon’s way
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said Wednesday he would not get in the way of Sen. Franklin Drilon’s bid to become the next Senate President.
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said Wednesday he would not get in the way of Sen. Franklin Drilon’s bid to become the next Senate President.
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday reiterated his call for the government to provide the poor with more access to capital to start their own small businesses a day after the economy registered the highest growth rate in Asia for the first quarter of 2013.
Senator Franklin Drilon expressed disbelief that President Benigno Aquino III’s popular sister, Kris, would support another candidate for Senate president.
All six reelectionist senators got a fresh mandate from the electorate in the just concluded midterm elections but it was Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano who gained most in terms of political capital after the recent campaign, a political science professor told the Inquirer on Friday.
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said on Wednesday he was not casting a moist eye on the Senate presidency despite pronouncements made by Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago that he could likely be one of two shoo-ins for the post.
The Senate presidency was on everyone’s mind in Malacañang on Wednesday when Sen. Franklin Drilon met with President Aquino. But the Palace played coy about Drilon being the presumptive Senate President.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s allies are bracing themselves for the possibility that he would not muster enough votes to preserve his hold on the post come 16th Congress.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago sees in her crystal ball the fight for the Senate presidency of the 16th Congress turning into a toss-up between Sen. Franklin Drilon of the Liberal Party and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano of the Nacionalista Party.
“Go out and vote tomorrow (Monday),” Malacañang urged Filipinos on Saturday, acknowledging that the midterm elections are a referendum on President Benigno Aquino III’s administration.
A quick handshake was all reelectionist Sen. Loren Legarda had for colleague Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano when she greeted fellow Team PNoy candidates when she arrived for the coalition slate’s miting de avance early Friday night.
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was not “involved in any away” on the smear campaign against Senator Loren Legarda, his sister-senator said on Friday.
What’s the big fuss over two supposedly warring candidates on the Team PNoy senatorial slate?
President Aquino has taken a breather from his busy campaign, shelving all but one previously scheduled appearance at sorties of the Team PNoy senatorial slate this week—the homestretch of the 90-day campaign.
