Comelec to presidential, VP bets : Attend poll debates or else\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nBut TV 5, who is a lead organizer of the debate, said Santiago’s absence would be an exemption.<\/p>\n
“Given the nature of her absence, we decided it\u2019s more prudent not to leave it (podium) onstage,” Patrick Paez, head of TV 5’s news production, said.<\/p>\n
But despite Santiago’s absence, the 15 seats reserved for her supporters would also not be removed from the debate hall.\u00a0IDL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only four podiums will be seen onstage during the second presidential debates here after Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago decided to skip the event at the University of the Philippines Cebu campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":963,"featured_media":767341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,45],"tags":[175301,217,52,54663],"byline":[115845],"source":[206075],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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