MANILA, Philippines—Former Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Saturday said Manila Mayor Isko Moreno and Senator Nancy Binay have asked to be removed from 1Sambayan’s list of potential candidates for president and vice president in the 2022 national elections.
Carpio, who’s one of the convenors of 1Sambayan, said in a virtual press conference that the two notified them that they would like to be taken off the list.
Binay and Moreno were on the group’s initial choices to run for president and vice president in 2022 but the two have since withdrawn.
“We initially included Sen. Binary but she wrote us that she’s not interested in running…
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