Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Exclusive: Loren Legarda to announce her candidacy by July


Last July 2008, Pulse Asia released a survey showing that a Loren Legarda-Chiz Escudero tandem would probably get 40% of Filipino votes. While an Escudero-Legarda tandem would just get 20% of the votes.

The question---how about an Estrada-Legarda tandem or a Legarda-Estrada tandem?

This and more, you'll find out in this frank encounter with Senator Loren Legarda in Arlyn dela Cruz's lunch fete at the Manila Polo Club today.

According to Legarda, she's consulting with her supporters, leaders and her family on the best possible option for her come 2010.

She says that she needs time to discern and would probably announce what post she'll run in July, 2009. She has'nt picked her running mate yet since the situation in politics right now is "fluid".

In this interview we had with her today, Loren Legarda answered some of the questions about her political plans come 2010. Some of the highlights include:

1. Loren Legarda being invited by former president Joseph Estrada to go with him on his sorties to the provinces. Legarda will go with Erap in his Bicol trips.

2. Loren answers gender preferences---what she thinks about "prevailing" perception about another woman president in 2010.

3. Loren answers questions about her possible teamup with Chiz Escudero and the possibility of snatching 40% of the votes should they decide to run under the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC). But, as Loren says, the situation is still very fluid, meaning, we may yet find her either staying with NPC or team up with another political party. She just did that in 2004, when she teamed up with Opposition standard bearer Fernando Poe Jr. In that elections, she lost to former senator Noli de Castro for the vice presidential post.

Legarda also reveals the intention of various groups to unite under one opposition movement in 2010.

Let's listen in....
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3 comments:

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