MANILA, Philippines — Liberal Party president Senator Francis Pangilinan on Thursday backed Vice President Leni Robredo with her view that the opposition should only have one presidential candidate for the 2022 elections.
“I agree with the Vice President that we need to unite behind one candidate and the Vice President said it doesn’t necessarily mean that that candidate will be her,” Pangilinan said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel.
“The reason behind why we have to have one candidate is because we want to win. If we split the votes then it will be Duterte and his administration all over again and for us, in the opposition, we believe that the COVID respon…
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