According to various sources, Senators Grace Poe and Francis “Chiz” Escudero will be running together in the highly anticipated national elections in 2016. Sen. Grace Poe will announce first her presidential bid on Wednesday at the Bahay ng Alumni of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City.
Sen. Grace Poe will announce that Sen. Escudero will be be her running mate in the 2016 Presidential Elections. Sources revealed that Sen. Poe’s endorsement of Sen. Escudero as her Vice President will be made at the historic Club Filipino in San Juan City.
A source from the Escudero camp revealed that “Mauuna si Grace na magsalita to introduce Chiz and then Chiz will accept Grace’s challenge to tandem with her,” said a source.
On Tuesday, Sen. Escudero’s office released a media advisory Tuesday that there would be an announcement at 10:00 AM on Thursday at the Club Filipino.
Both Senator Grace Poe and Sen. Chiz Escudero had been mum about their plans in 2016 elections but Sen. Escudero, in some earlier interviews that he could run for Vice President in the upcoming national elections. Sen. Grace Poe and Sen. Chiz Escudero ran together under the administration ticket in 2013, with their six-year term expiring in 2019.