LEGAZPI CITY — Albay Gov. Joey Sarte Salceda said Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II had called him earlier Wednesday during the meeting of the core group of his campaign at Balay in Cubao, Quezon City and told him that President Benigno Aquino III had anointed the DILG chief and “given the go signal.”
Salceda said in a phone interview that the formal announcement will be made at 9 a.m. Friday at the historic Club Filipino.
He said LP members, mostly governors, congressmen, city and town mayors are being invited together with civil society organizations.
“I am still hoping that Grace Poe will agree to be the running mate for vice president,” the Albay chief executive said. Based on the meeting, he said, he guessed he would be making robust inputs to the national campaign, aside from being regional LP chairman, based on his discussions with Mar.
Salceda, who is still in Manila, said he expected Roxas to leave the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to concentrate on his campaign and party building.
Salceda believes that the anointment of Roxas by the President would improve his rating from 13 percent to 16 percent.He also believes that a Mar-Grace tandem would be a perfect match, saying both have the same aim and focus, which is “good governance.” (pna)
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