MANILA, Philippines ( The Adobo Chronicles) – Amid questions over her and her family’s citizenship, Philippine presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe said her husband would renounce his American citizenship to show “support” for her administration if she wins in 2016.
Poe’s husband Neil Llamanzares and their 3 children enjoy dual citizenship – of the United States and the Philippines.
Not to be outdone, Liberal Party and administration candidate Mar Roxas pledged today that if he loses in the 2016 elections, he and his wife, broadcaster Korina Sanchez will renounce their Filipino citizenship.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles®) – For centuries, the Philippines has been a society known for its deeply-ingrained machismo, where men rule and women are relegated to the sidelines.
Not any more.
The Philippines is among the few countries where women are, or have been, heads of state. In fact, there had been two women Philippine presidents — the late Cory Aquino and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (who remains in hospital arrest).
Fast forward to 2016.
It is predicted that a woman will be elected president, as well as vice president!
The Philippines’ unique electoral process allows voters to vote across party lines. This means they could vote for the presidential candidate of one party and for the vice presidential bet of another.
In fact, incumbent President NoyNoy Aquino and Vice President Jejomar Binay are from opposing political parties.
One woman candidate, Senator Grace Poe, has so far declared her candidacy for president while another, Leni Robredo, is about to named vice presidential candidate for an opposing party. Both are popular and have done extremely well in national polls.
The Philippine Supreme Court is already headed by a woman chief justice – Maria Lourdes Sereno.
It is further predicted that the next Senate president and next Speaker of the House will both be women. Among the candidates are Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Representative Imelda Romualdez Marcos, respectively.
So the possibility of all three branches of government being ruled by women is just around the corner. When it happens, the Philippines will be known not for the Iron Lady, but its Butterfly (sleeves) ladies!
Meanwhile, male politicians are gearing up to be part of Gilas, the Philippines’ national basketball team — either as players or members of the coaching team, their best chance of maintaining some semblance of machismo.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Yesterday, we reported that according to a soon-to-be-released national poll by the Social Weather Networks (SWS), there is a four-way tie among declared and potential 2016 presidential candidates Grace Poe, Mar Roxas, Jojo Binay and Rodrigo Duterte.
To confirm the poll results, we conducted our own informal survey among our readers.
Lo and behold, we have a significantly different result.
Duterte, the candidate that has not officially declared his presidential bid, topped our survey with an overhwelming 48% of the votes — 26 (22%) and 29 (19%) points ahead of Roxas and Poe, respectively. Vice President was dead last at 11%.
With a margin of error of plus or minus 3%, Roxas and Poe are in a statistical tie.
Will Duterte now change his mind and finally declare his run for the presidency?
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