MAR’S HOUSE BID SEEN TO SPLIT LP
Roxas eyes Speakership to launch presidential run
By Gerry Baldo 11/03/2011This early, it appears that President Aquino’s troubleshooter Manuel Roxas II is shooting for trouble within his own Liberal Party (LP) as sources said he had already outlined a plan for a presidential run in 2016 with a targeted Speakership after the 2013 midterm elections as his springboard.
The LP, rocked by internal jockeying since the death of former President Cory Aquino, is expected to be in for more political intramurals that could lead to a party breakup in the 2013 midterm elections.
The breakup, party sources said, would be triggered by the plan of Roxas, now the Transportation and Communications Secretary, to run for a congressional seat in his hometown of Capiz in Aklan.
The same source said that Roxas is going to run against incumbent Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, who is being credited for strengthening the ruling LP in the House of Representatives. Belmonte, who had been voted by over 200 members of the House, is reportedly going to seek a fresh mandate in the 2013 polls..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111103hed1.html
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asa ka pa, roxas, matapos mabulgar ng wikileak ang sell out mo sa big pharm ng kalbong agila. then again, all you'll do is another hocus pcos....
"This early, it appears that President Aquino’s troubleshooter Manuel Roxas II is shooting for trouble within his own Liberal Party (LP) as sources said he had already outlined a plan for a presidential run in 2016 with a targeted Speakership after the 2013 midterm elections as his springboard."
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