Mar Roxas: I’ll support Aquino’s choice

The ruling Liberal Party’s presumptive presidential bet for 2016, Mar Roxas, said he would support whomever President Benigno Aquino endorses, whether it’s him or somebody else. But he was quick to indicate that it can’t possibly be Vice President Jejomar Binay, who heads the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA). Binay, a good friend of the Aquino family, earlier claimed that the LP was considering adopting him as presidential bet. LP vice chairman Franklin Drilon flatly denied this, but the President’s sister Kris Aquino spoke on national TV that the sisters were open to endorsing Binay. In a statement Sunday, Roxas dismissed any chance of an alliance between LP and UNA, saying UNA is directly opposed to LP’s agenda.

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