Sen. Grace Poe Officially Declares Running for President in 2016

The most popular senator during the senatorial elections last national elections, Senator Grace Poe officially declared that she is running for President of the Republic of the Philippines this coming 2016. Sen. Grace Poe consistently led in various presidential surveys conducted by Pulse Asia and SWS.

Grace Poe for President

Senator Grace Poe introduced herself as a Filipino, a daughter, wife, mother and with the mercy of God, she offer herself to serve as the country’s President. She was quoted as saying “AKO po si Grace Poe, Filipino. Anak, asawa at ina at sa tulong ng Mahal na Diyos ay iniaalay ko sa inyong lahat ang aking sarili sa mas mataas na paninilbihan bilang inyong Pangulo.”

(I am Grace Poe, Filipino. A wife, mother and with the mercy of God, I offer my self to serve as your president.)

The 47-year-old Senator Grace Poe formally declared on Thursday that she is running for President in the highly anticipated national elections this coming 2016.

Senator Grace Poe gave credit to her late father, Fernando Poe Jr., who despite the lack of experience in public office offered himself to serve the Filipino by running as President but eventually lost to former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

During the proclamation of Sen. Grace Poe to run for President, she enumerated at least 20 platforms of government that she intends to do when she gets elected president next year.

One of Sen. Grace Poe’s platforms, is to continue the government’s fight against corruption and immediately pass the proposed Freedom of Information Bill (FOI Bill).

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