{"id":780831,"date":"2016-04-22T01:09:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=780831"},"modified":"2016-04-22T01:09:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T17:09:27","slug":"star-power-coco-for-grace-kris-for-mar-and-leni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/780831\/star-power-coco-for-grace-kris-for-mar-and-leni","title":{"rendered":"Star power: Coco for Grace, Kris for Mar and Leni"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"LOCOOVER<\/a>

LOCO OVER\u00a0COCO \u201cAng\u00a0Probinsyano\u201d lead\u00a0actor Coco Martin\u00a0and presidential\u00a0aspirant Sen.\u00a0Grace Poe wave\u00a0to fans and
supporters during\u00a0the senator\u2019s\u00a0motorcade at\u00a0Puerto Princesa\u00a0City, Palawan\u00a0province, on\u00a0Thursday. Poe\u2019s\u00a0adoptive father,
actor Fernando\u00a0Poe, Jr. played the\u00a0original\u00a0\u201cProbinsyano.\u201d\u00a0HANDOUT PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n\n

BACOLOD CITY\u2014Local television\u2019s most popular \u201cprobinsyano\u201d (country boy) lent his star power to the daughter of the original probinsyano, in her campaign rally in this city and in Victorias on Thursday.\u00a0 He also joined the rally in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan province.<\/p>\n\n

Actor Coco Martin plays SPO1 Ricardo Dalisay in the TV series about a man who joined the police force to avenge the death of his twin brother.\u00a0 The character was originally played by Poe\u2019s father, the late action star,\u00a0 Fernando Poe Jr., more popularly known as FPJ.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAng Probinsyano\u201d also stars Poe\u2019s adoptive mother, actress Susan Roces, in the role of Lola\u00a0 Kap, Dalisay\u2019s grandmother.<\/p>\n\n

Roces joined Poe\u2019s earlier campaign rallies, and so did the senator\u2019s half-sister, TV-movie star Lovi Poe, who was in the Cagayan de Oro sortie on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n

Poe\u2019s running mate, Sen. Francis \u201cChiz\u201d\u00a0 Escudero also brought along his wife, TV-movie star Heart Evangelista, to a campaign rally earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n

President Aquino\u2019s sister, TV host and movie star Kris Aquino, has been as visible and vocal about her support for the Liberal Party tandem, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo, endorsing them on her Facebook posts and joining the Roxas rally in Bacolod and Cebu on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n

Crowd-drawers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Movie stars and celebrities have always been a staple in Philippine elections and are guaranteed crowd-drawers in rallies where political speeches are interspersed with entertainment numbers.<\/p>\n\n

Martin had long wanted to join her campaign, Poe said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve talked about this (for a long time),\u201d she said in an ambush interview in Puerto Princesa on Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cHe said he was doing this as a voter because he knows me and knows my platform,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n

She expected his popularity to boost her presidential bid, Poe admitted, adding that the \u201cAng Probinsyano\u201d series was very popular. \u201cSo many people (say they) watch it wherever we go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Escudero on Thursday said it was natural for wife Heart Evangelista to join him. They appeared together in\u00a0 General Santos City because they were invited to the same event there, he said.<\/p>\n\n

But it was unlikely for them to be together in the coming days, the vice presidential candidate said. With barely three weeks to go before elections, they could cover more ground on the campaign trail if they visit different areas, he added.<\/p>\n\n

Boodle fight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

About 2,000 people turned up for the Poe campaign sortie in Barangay Banago, Bacolod, which kicked off with a boodle fight.\u00a0 Martin also joined the Poe caravan to EB Magalona town.<\/p>\n\n

At Victorias Coliseum, Poe and Escudero were met by about 7,000 supporters who rushed to the stage when Martin appeared.<\/p>\n\n

Poe asked the crowd to pray for her and help her become the first Ilongga to win the presidency. Detractors have repeatedly harped on Poe\u2019s real citizenship, as she was found abandoned as a baby at Jaro Cathedral in Iloilo.<\/p>\n\n

The senator said she was very honored to have topped the Veritas Truth Survey on Servant Leadership qualities of the 2016 presidential candidates.<\/p>\n\n

No rift with Chiz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Poe described Duterte\u2019s lead over her in the Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations surveys as an indication that she \u201cneeded to work harder.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n\n

The senator also denied rumors that she and Escudero have a rift over campaign finances and strategies.<\/p>\n\n

Meanwhile, Rep. Alfredo Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd district), a former Liberal Party (LP) chair\u00a0 in Negros Occidental province who has turned Poe supporter, said he believed Negros \u201cwould go for Senator Grace in the May 9 polls.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

He said he doubted whether LP standard-bearer Mar Roxas could get the 1 million votes in Negros Occidental as promised by his supporters.<\/p>\n\n

Benitez on Thursday said more leaders from other political parties that include the LP, Aksyon Demokratiko and UNA were coming out in support of Poe, and that despite the groundswell of support for Duterte, his recent remarks on the rape-slay of an Australian missionary was bound to trim his lead.<\/p>\n\n

A Duterte presidency would be too scary and risky for the country, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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