From: gmanews.tv
A political party composed of former
allies of ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will join forces with the ruling
Liberal Party (LP) for the 2013 elections.
INational Unity Party (NUP) president and
incumbent Nueva Ecija Rep. Rodolfo Antonino said his party is set to sign a
coalition agreement with the LP on Friday.
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., LP
vice-chairperson and newly-elected NUP chairman emeritus, also confirmed the
alliance in a speech during the NUP’s assembly.
Antonino said the NUP will endorse
senatorial candidates from both the LP and the United Nationalist Alliance
(UNA) to its 2,000 local officials nationwide next year.
Two UNA senatorial bets—San Juan Rep.
Joseph Victor Ejercito and Senator Gregorio Honasan II—attended the NUP’s
national assembly.
The NUP was formed by lawmakers who
bolted Mrs. Arroyo’s Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) party months
after the LP, chaired by President Benigno Aquino III, dominated the May 2010
national elections.###
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