Roxas confident Poe won’t trace disqualification cases to him

Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas is confident the disqualification cases against Sen. Grace Poe, his rival for the presidency in 2016, won’t be traced to him. INQUIRER PHOTOS

Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas’ conscience is clear that neither he nor the ruling party has a hand in the string of cases against Sen. Grace Poe in an attempt to disqualify her from the presidential race.

“I know what I do, have done, have spoken and I’m not in any part of these cases,” Roxas told reporters at the sidelines of a semiconductor and electronics executives’ forum at The Bellevue Hotel in Alabang, Muntinlupa City.

“I guarantee she (Poe) won’t find anything,” Roxas added.

Poe’s camp said it would investigate who were behind the cases filed against the presidential aspirant over her much-debated citizenship and residency issues.

But Roxas said he respected Poe’s move.

“Whatever is the effort to find who these people are, what their motives are, it should go on. Wala naman akong madadagdag dahil wala naman akong kinalaman dyan,” he said.

Recently, senatorial candidate Richard Gordon revealed that some LP as well as United Nationalist Alliance members asked him to file charges against Poe.

Spokespersons of LP, however, have denied involvement in the filing of the disqualification cases.

“I can speak for myself, for my campaign, the directives and guidance of the president, the hierarchy of the party that we have made and that is what we stand by,” Roxas stressed.

Before choosing Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo, Roxas considered—and wooed—Poe to be his running mate.

Poe, however, turned down LP’s offer and instead challenged Roxas in next year’s elections.

In the past months, Poe has been leading presidential preference surveys. Julliane Love de Jesus/RC

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