Tatad claims PNoy ready to support Poe, drop Mar
Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at 11 Apr 2016 06:13 PM
But Palace official belies claim
MANILA - Former Senator Francisco Tatad, one of four personalities who questioned the qualifications of presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe, allegedly received information that Poe met with President Aquino around a week before the Supreme Court (SC) voted to junk motions for reconsideration (MR) against the SC ruling upholding Poe's presidential bid.
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Tatad said the supposed meeting took place in Mr. Aquino's official residence at Bahay Pangarap inside Malacaņang Palace.
The meeting supposedly took place so that both sides may "help each other" in the upcoming May polls in the wake of administration standard-bearer Mar Roxas' poor showing in the surveys.
Tatad said Mr. Aquino allegedly gave Roxas up to April 25 to improve his standing, or the administration machinery will rally behind Poe.
Palace denied that such a meeting took place.
"I wish Kit Tatad a long career in fiction writing,'' said Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda.