Vice President Jejomar Binay. 黑料社 PHOTO
Vice President Jejomar Binay on Friday said his United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) party had completed its 12-member senatorial ticket.
鈥淲e are complete, very much complete,鈥� Binay told reporters as he visited Tondo, Manila.
鈥淲e will announce [the names] soon,鈥� he said.
Asked what was taking it so long, Binay replied, 鈥淲e are still looking for the right moment.鈥�
Among those who filed certificates of candidacy under UNA are boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, former chief of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) Getulio Nape帽as, actress Alma Moreno and Sulu Princess Jacel Kiram.
鈥淸Pacquiao] is a true friend,鈥� Binay said. 鈥淗e has been with me since the beginning even during the 2010 elections. He will surely win.鈥�
Binay described Nape帽as as a Filipino fighter.
鈥淗e risked his own life. You cannot belittle what happened to him,鈥� Binay said.
Nape帽as was sacked after a covert SAF operation to take down two terrorists in Mamasapano, Maguindanao province, in January backfired, with 44 police commandos killed in a daylong clash with Moro rebels.