Erap-Binay tandem gets Zamboanga’s NPC support By Gerry Baldo 04/09/2010

 Erap-Binay tandem gets Zamboanga’s NPC support

By Gerry Baldo 04/09/2010 The Nacionalista Party (NP) and the Nationalist People’s Coaltion (NPC) may have come together as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) approved dominant opposition group, but the NPC support may not necessary be given to NP presidential bet Manuel “Manny” Villar, as the position of the NPC bigwigs, among them, the party’s founder, Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco and his son, Tarlac Rep. Mark Cojuangco, is one that says NPC members are free to support their choice of presidential candidates. And for the NPC officials and members in Zamboanga City, their choice is former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada. In Zamboanga, the campaign of the opposition Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino got a big boost Wednesday when members of the NPC in Zamboanga threw their support behind the Estrada-Binay tandem. According to incumbent Vice Mayor Manuel Jose Dalipe, the NPC is going to support the PMP slate headed by the former President.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100409hed2.html

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