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Cebu church group backs 8 Senate, 6 House bets

Analette Abesamis

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Catholics associated with the Archdiocese of Cebu are bent on proving the Church’s electoral influence in the country’s vote-richest province. A Church-backed group, Live Initiative for Election 2013, has endorsed 8 senatorial and 6 congressional candidates who are pro-life, and vowed to make them win to prove that the so-called Catholic vote is very much in place in Cebu. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, also president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, is said to fully support the initiative. The partial senatorial list includes 5 candidates from the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) and 3 from Team PNoy, with a full list, which include congressional candidates to be completed by April 13.

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