Senator Poe says chances of running for higher post pushed by rivals
Sen. Grace Poe has said her chances of running for president in 2016 are being pushed further by her political rivals.
“Aaminin ko po ngayon na nangyayari lahat ito, mas napapadalas ang isip ko dito at pagpapalano,” Poe told reporters on Wednesday.
Article continues after this advertisement“Sabi nga nila ilang percent na ba iyong decision? Sa tingin ko mga 50 percent at lalo pa nilang tinutulak na mapalapit sa 100 percent,” she said.
Poe issued the statements a day after Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco, interim president of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), questioned her qualification to run for a higher post in 2016.
Tiangco said Poe was not qualified to run as she failed to meet the 10-year residency requirement based on the certificate of candidate that she filed when she ran for senator in 2013.
But Poe denied, this saying she has been residing in the Philippines since 2005. RC
