“We like her definitely. The proof is we invited her.”
Thus said a Nationalist People’s Coalition stalwart on Tuesday evening after the party met with Sen. Grace Poe at the NPC clubhouse in Quezon City.
NPC executive vice president and Rizal Rep. Jack Duavit said Poe’s attendance at the NPC gathering was to let the party officials know the neophyte senator better.
“Marami pa sa mga miyembro ang hindi pa nakikilala si Sen. Grace Poe. So, inimbita namin para makilala siya,” Duavit said.
Asked about her meeting with NPC, Poe said a lot of them were “very encouraging and supportive.”
“Para sa akin isang malaking bagay ang magkaroon ng suportang ganito sapagkat ang NPC ay nationwide,” Poe said.
Poe, however, said she has yet to decide on her political plans for 2016.
The senator said certain members of the NPC have “committed” to support her once she decides to run as president in 2016.
“I think it’s more their individual capacities, like a lot of members of the NPC that I’ve known have been very encouraging,” she said.
She said there was no formal talk about the party’s plan to endorse her in 2016 but that many appeared to be committed to support her if she decides to run for a higher office.
“Yung maimbitahan lang dito ay malaking bagay na yun,” she said.
Asked if the NPC encouraged her to run as President in 2016, she said it was better if the party answer it.
Poe’s meeting with the NPC was held on the same day Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II also met with some NPC members at the Araneta-Roxas compound in Cubao.
The meeting with Poe was attended by NPC stalwarts including governors and representatives from Luzon. NPC is the second-biggest political party in the Philippines.