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Romeo Jalosjos ditches Binay for Poe-Escudero tandem

Former Zamboanga del Norte representative Romeo Jalosjos. MAILA AGER/ºÚÁÏÉç

Former Zamboanga del Norte representative Romeo Jalosjos. MAILA AGER/ºÚÁÏÉç

Former Zamboanga del Norte representative Romeo Jalosjos, who supported the vice presidential bid of Vice President Jejomar Binay in 2010, said he is now backing the tandem of Senators Grace Poe and Chiz Escudero in 2016.

Poe declared her presidential bid Wednesday, while Escudero is expected to be named by Poe as her running mate in a gathering of supporters at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan.

READ: Grace Poe: I’m your next President | Escudero supporters troop to Club Filipino ahead of announcement

Jalosjos was among the supporters who showed up in the gathering.

He said he supported the two senators when they ran in 2013. Maila Ager/IDL

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