Grace Poe: Wala naman talagang forever

WAITING FOR GRACE Sen. Grace Poe has yet to respond to the Liberal Party’s outstanding offer to be the running mate of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas in the 2016 elections. The front-runner in surveys on voters’ preference for the country’s next President, Poe has yet to declare whether she will run for President or Vice President. JOAN BONDOC

When asked for reaction on a statement that the Liberal Party-led administration coalition can’t wait forever for her to agree to be the running-mate of its standard-bearer Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Sen. Grace Poe cannot help but agree.

“Wala naman talagang forever (No such thing as forever),” Poe told reporters in just jest in an ambush interview after a Senate hearing on Thursday.

READ: LP on waiting for Poe decision: There’s no forever

Poe refused to comment further and answer political questions.

On Wednesday, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said the administration would find somebody else as LP’s vice presidential bet in 2016  if Poe will not slide down for Roxas.

“Just for the record, just for the record, and I will say this with all the love, because it is true, there is no forever,” Lacierda said, reacting to the statement of LP member and former Rep. Erin Tañada that the coalition could not wait forever for Poe to come aboard.

But Lacierda and Roxas himself said LP is still eyeing Poe as candidate, despite a movement urging Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo to run for Vice President next year.

Poe, who topped recent preference polls for both potential presidential and vice presidential bets in 2016, is yet to announce if she will seek higher office next year. It is believed, however, that she will run with Sen. Francis Escudero as independent.

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