Team PNoy gears for Batangas

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CAMPAIGNS BEGIN. The Team PNoy rally at the Plaza Miranda
After launching its campaign, Team PNoy is headed for vote-rich Batangas, while opposition United Nationalist Alliance is stopping at Bohol on Wednesday, February 13. Batangas is part of the Calabarzon region which groups Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon, and which has delivered votes in the past elections. Batangas will be a challenge for the administration party, considering that it has been supportive of Vice President Jejomar Binay. His father hails from Batangas. Another tough issue Team PNoy will have to grapple with is the Reproductive Health Law, which Batangas Archbishop Ramon Arguelles campaigned against. Likewise, Batangas may be less hospitable to Team PNoy because it is the home province of Sen Ralph Recto whose wife Vilma Santos is governor. Recto opposed the sin tax law which the administration pushed.


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