External pro-Pangilinan lobby shifts to full gear By Angie M. Rosales 07/19/2010

External pro-Pangilinan lobby shifts to full gear

By Angie M. Rosales 07/19/2010 There is an intense lobby from “forces outside” of the Senate to favor, supposedly, the Palace’s bet as Senate president. Sen. Edgardo Angara bared this yesterday, insinuating those peddling influence as supposedly coming from the Palace camp or that of colleague, Sen. Francis Pangi-linan, the declared candidate of the Liberal Party (LP) of President Aquino. In a radio interview, Angara admitted that the lobby for the support of Pangilinan has intensified as Congress’ formal opening of sessions draws near. “In the past week and I supposed, onwards, it will be very intense, the wooing. We also noticed that at least in our group, there are other forces also now working in favor of one or the other,” he said. “So we’re being careful handling this because this involves an internal affair of the senators. Let’s not allow this to affect the credibility and effectiveness of the Senate by displaying our susceptibility to outside forces,” Angara said in calling on his colleagues. Angara is leading a Senate group that includes Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri, Loren Legarda and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. as they position themselves in the anti-cipated reorganization in the upper chamber. Angara said that in the case of the other perceived candidate, Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., he himself is the one dealing and courting their colleagues for support..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100719hed6.html

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