LP standard bearer Mar Roxas III 听INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas is set to make an announcement on Tuesday, 10 a.m. at the LP Balay Headquarters in Quezon City.
Administration coalition spokesperson and Akbayan Rep. Barry Gutierrez made the statement in a press briefing late Monday after Roxas overtook Senator Grace Poe and inched closer to the leading presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte based on the Commission on Elections (Comelec)鈥檚 unofficial tally.
The spokesperson did not say whether Roxas would concede and follow the lead of Poe. Duterte is leading the race more than five million votes ahead of Roxas as of 11 p.m.
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But the Roxas鈥� camp remains positive about the results. 鈥淏eing in second place is mas kaya than in third place. You have to be second first before you can be first,鈥� Gutierrez said.
鈥淎s I鈥檝e said earlier, there鈥檚 a certain amount of disappointment sa initial results but at the end of the day this is a fight worth fighting. This is something we have put our hearts and souls into. It鈥檚 not over until it鈥檚 over,鈥� he said.
Asked about the current state of Roxas, Gutierrez said the administration presidential bet is 鈥渞elaxed and at peace.鈥�
鈥淗e鈥檚 pretty upbeat. From the start of the campaign, he said he is always relaxed and at peace because he鈥檚 not running for himself but he鈥檚 running as a champion of an idea,鈥� he said. TVJ