Team PNoy senatorial bets free to campaign on their own—Aquino

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STA CRUZ, LAGUNA, Philippines—With  the  2013 midterm elections fast approaching, Team  PNoy  senatorial  candidates are now free to  campaign  on  their own,  President  Benigno Aquino III  said on  Friday.

This was  how  the  President  explained  the  non-appearance  of many senatorial  bets  in   their provincial  sorties.

Only three candidates – re-electionist Senator Loren Legarda, former Senator  Jamby Madrigal  and former  Akbayan Representative Risa Hontiveros—were present  in the campaign  sortie held  at the  town’s plaza here and attended by   the President himself.

“Each candidate has  different needs. There are areas where  you are already  strong,  but there are  areas  where you really  have  to work  harder. So of course,  if you are the candidate, you want to maximize    the  opportunity   to get all the votes,”  Aquino told reporters after his speech during the sortie.

“So we  give them freedom  and we’ve agreed on it from the start that all candidates are free to campaign according to their needs,” he pointed out.