MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Realizing that his chances to win the presidency of the Philippines is getting slimmer by the day, Liberal Party and Aquino administration candidate Mar Roxas has thrown in the towel and endorsed Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Dueterte.
In a speech before supporters, the former Interior Secretary was all praises for Duterte, commending the latter’s governance of Davao City as well as his views on federalism.
“The time has come for us to come together as a people and unite behind the candidate most qualified take our nation to greater heights,” Roxas said, as he took off his familiar yellow t-shirt and donned a striped one, signifying his endorsement for Duterte.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – When Filipino voters go to their polling places on May 9, 2016 to elect, among others, a new president and vice president, they will find two unfamiliar names on the official ballot.
The new names are Daang Matuwid for president and Daang Matuwid for vice president, both running under the administration’s Liberal Party. It is unclear whether the candidates are brother and sister, or husband and wife, in which case, is in violation of the Philippine Constitution’s provision on nepotism and conflict of interest.
Many Filipinos are also questioning the qualifications of the two candidates. The Constitution provides that candidates for president and vice president must be natural-born Filipinos. Voters are demanding to see the birth certificates of the Daang Matuwids.
A call by The Adobo Chronicles to Commission on Elections Chairman Andres D. Bautista has not been returned as of press time.
Stay tuned for more on this highly controversial, developing story.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In exactly a month from today, Filipino voters will troop to the polls to elect their next president and successor to NoyNoy Aquino. Five major candidates are vying for this much-coveted and most prestigious job: Vice President Jejomar Binay, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senators Grace Poe and Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The candidates have made their respective pitches, crisscrossed the country to court the votes of the population and have done their share of mudslinging. Not to mention publishing and distributing their own comic books.
Like all media outlets, The Adobo Chronicles makes its own recommendation on who it thinks should be elected the next Philippine president. We have finally decided to endorse the candidacy of Roxas.
There were times when we were a little bit too harsh in criticizing President Aquino’s anointed one, but we had to do what we needed to do as a non-partisan and highly respected news outlet.
The question, we are sure, in your minds, is what made us decide on Roxas?
Simple. It was this one-on-one interview with Karen Davila where Roxas displayed his mastery of the English language with a heavy accent, his up-to-date knowledge of current events, his charisma, his family upbringing, his wife Korina Sanchez’s influence on his politics and personality, his understanding of issues important to the Filipino people, and most of all, his love and compassion for his fellow presidential candidates.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Realizing that his chances to win the presidency of the Philippines is getting slimmer by the day, Liberal Party and Aquino administration candidate Mar Roxas has thrown in the towel and endorsed Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Dueterte.
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