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PRESIDENT AQUINO NOT TOO CONFIDENT ABOUT HIS ANOINTED CANDIDATE MAR ROXAS

December 13, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino is not very confident that his anointed successor, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, will do good job as the next president.

Roxas is the Aquino administration’s bet in the 2016 presidential elections.

Aquino said he’s leaving so much unfinished business that it sometimes crossed his mind to stay beyond his term should the Constitution allow it. “There’s a small side that wants to say I want to inaugurate the SLEX-NLEX connectors,” Mr. Aquino told journalists in a forum. “I want to ride the MRT with more trains, (with) the 14th (car) coming in (soon). (I want) to make sure that the CCT (Conditional Cash Transfer) program really produces the results (expected)… It’s like, there are so many things that will be left almost done,” the President said.

Aquino added that Roxas wasn’t his first choice to be the Liberal Party’s presidential bet. It was only when Senator Grace Poe declined to be the administration’s standard bearer in the elections that Aquino named Roxas as his anointed successor.

Despite Aquino’s comments, Roxas says he remains a loyal supporter of the president, vowing to continue Aquino’s daang matuwid (straight path) and the campaign against government corruption. “I want to be my own man,” Roxas said, “but I owe the success of my political career to Aquino.”

Politics, Same-sex Marriage

PHILIPPINE POLITICS: VP RUNNING MATE LENI ROBREDO IS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MAR ROXAS’ WORST NIGHTMARE

December 12, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

CEBU CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – When former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas chose Congresswoman Leni Robredo to be his vice presidential running mate for the 2016 Philippine presidential elections, he thought he hit the jackpot. Robredo is a poster child for the Aquino administration’s daang matuwid (straight path) battle cry under its anti-corruption campaign.

But boy, was Roxas wrong.

In her public statements, Robredo only speaks the truth, like when she acknowledged that the Aquino administration hasn’t done enough to solve the country’s mass transportation problems. Incidentally, Roxas was President Aquino’s Transportation Secretary from 2011-2012.

Then yesterday, during a speech before students at the University of Cebu, Robredo was asked about same-sex marriage. She said that people should be able to choose whom to love and that denying marriage to same-sex couples is a violation of human rights.

Now, that sharply contrasts with Roxas’ view. When previously asked about the same issue, Roxas’ reply was ‘hindi ko ma-imagine.’. (I cannot imagine).

Well, we can’t imagine either that Roxas will be president. But we can see Robredo being vice president. After all, Filipino voters can cross party lines when voting for either president or vice president.

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LENI ROBREDO WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY AS LIBERAL PARTY VP CANDIDATE!

December 6, 2015 Pol Pinoy 6 Comments

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – If there is a poster lady for the Aquino administration’s mantra of daang matuwid (straight path), it is none other than Congresswoman Leni Robredo, who is the Liberal Party’s vice presidential candidate. She is law-abiding, lives a life of simplicity, and has no qualms about criticizing the adminsitration or her party for failed policies or programs, as well as missteps.

So it is not surprising that today, she withdrew her candidacy as LP presidential candidate Mar Roxas’ running mate.

The reason? Roxas just violated the law.

Rules of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) prohibit candidates from early campaigning. For the 2016 presidential elections, the campaign period set by the elections body is February 9 to May 7.

Roxas’ campaign, however, has just released a music video featuring celebrities and sports personalities which is obviously a campaign material in violation of the law.

While Robredo participated and appeared in the video, she told The Adobo Chronicles that she had no idea that the campaign material would be released this early. She thought it was recorded for release on or after February 9.

Well, the video has gone viral but has also become exhibit A, in an elections violation case that could be filed against Roxas and the Liberal Party.

Robredo wants no part of the illegal activity, so she decideed to withdraw her VP candidacy.

Good for her.