Flip-flop for reelection will not affect Poe’s No. 1 poll stocks – Son

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

DAGUPAN CITY – The uncertainty of Senator Grace Poe to join or not the next year’s senatorial election will not affect her being No.1 in the polls, her son said.

 Brian Poe Llamanzares told this paper that her mother being the consistent front runner in the surveys done by Pulse Asia, Social Weather Stations, and others only reflected her tireless proactive works in the House of Senate.

“Ah, sa tingin namin sana naman hindi. Iyong survey sana iyan ang reflection tingin ng tao sa trabaho niya. So kung maganda pa rin ang trabaho niya sa senado sana maging No. 1 pa rin siya,” Llamanzares, an alumnus of Columbia University, cited in his American accented Tagalog.

ANG PANDAY - Brian Poe Llamanzares (3rd from left), son of Senator Grace Poe, and Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (extreme left) distributed relief goods to the victims of the last typhoon that barreled and wrought havoc recently in the coastal city. The distribution of hundreds of bags of relief goods were complemented by Ang Panday Bayanihan Relief Operations under Senator Poe and ensued at the flood prone barangays of Mangin and Malued in Dagupan City.

He cited however the factors of the ambivalence that beclouded the decision of the senator whether to seek re-election or not on the May 13, 2019 election.

Llamansarez cited the division in the family on her mother’s predicament.

His father,Neil, thought that the senator had already served substantially the country while the young Llamansarez think there is still more works to be done if she is with the August chamber.

“Split po kami. Ang tatay ko feeling niya okay (na) ang trabaho. Ako naman sa tingin ko sa tingin ko naman marami pa siyang puweding gawin. So, kaya split decision kami sa bahay. Kaya ngayon undecided pa rin ang nanay ko”.

Brian said his sisters are apolitical on her mother’s plight.

Brian said the other reason that the lady solon was lukewarm to run on the next year’s poll is the overload of works in the Senate while being an independent maverick legislature.

In case she will forego her reelection, the son said Poe can work at the FPJ Production Incorporated and helps those non-government organizations she created.

“Ako sinasabi ko sa nanay ko na sana ituloy niya iyong trabaho niya pero nasa kanya pa rin ang decision”.

When asked if her distribution of truckloads of relief goods to the victims in the two villages of the recent tyhoon only showed she ingratiate with the voters for the next election, Llamansarez disagreed since his mother had been doing charities since becoming a senator through her Panday Bayanihan that grew when she ran for president in 2016.

“Siyempre malakas ang volunteer base namin dahil tumakbo siya ng 2016. Lumawak ang network namin dito kaya maraming volunteers pundo na ibinigay”.