Interior Secretary Mar Roxas. CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON
Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II would be the Liberal Party’s (LP) bet, Senate President Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday.
“Ang aming kandidato sa partido pagdating ng panahon ay si Mar Roxas (Mar Roxas will be our party’s standard-bearer in the future),” Drilon, vice chairman of LP, said in an interview over DZRH.
“Mar Roxas can stand on his record as a good leader,” he added.
Drilon made this categorical statement a day after Roxas expressed readiness to continue the Aquino administration’s “straight path.”
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Roxas though has yet to announce whether or not he would run for president in 2016. In 2010, he ran but lost to Vice President Jejomar Binay, who has declared his presidential bid for next year.
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Drilon reiterated that the country’s next leader should have integrity, meaning he or she should have no record or allegation of corruption.
“Importante po sa akin ang integrity. Kaya po sa pagdating ng 2016 ay dapat po paigtingin ng ating pamahalaan ang kampanya para sa voter’s education, para po sa ating mga kababayan, lalo na sa mga kabataan o ‘yung mga unang beses na boboto,” he said.
(Integrity is important to me. That’s why that government should focus on campaigning for voters’ education for the electorate especially for the youth or those who will be voting for the first time.) IDL
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