MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED 1:42 p.m.) — The camp of presidential aspirant Grace Poe and her running mate, Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero, on Thursday bared their senatorial ticket in the 2016 elections.
Poe and Escudero introduced their choice candidates in a gathering at Club Filipino in San Juan City.
In the tandem's slate are:
- Former Labor Undersecretary Susan Ople
- Former Sen. Richard "Dick" Gordon
- Former Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri
- Valenzuela Rep. Sherwin "Win" Gatchalian
- Sen. Vicente "Tito" Sotto III
- Lawyer Lorna Kapunan
- Pasig Rep. Roman Romulo
- Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares
- Actor and former Makati City Vice Mayor Edu Manzano
- ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Samuel Pagdilao
- Manila Vice Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso
- Sen. Ralph Recto
Some of the senatorial candidates of the Liberal Party (LP) and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) are also included in the lineup.
LP members Recto and Romulo are also included in the "Partido Galing at Puso" (PGP) of Poe and Escudero. Romulo, however, filed his senatorial candidacy as an independent candidate.
UNA senatorial bets Ople, Gordon, Zubiri and Sotto? were also invited as guest candidates of PGP.
Valenzuela Rep. Sherwin Gatchalian, lawyer Lorna Kapunan, Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares, actor Edu Manzano, ACT-CIS Partylist Rep. Samuel Pagdilao and Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno complete Poe and Escudero's senatorial lineup.
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