“Capiz is open to all candidates, they are free to present their platform there,” presidential candidate Mar Roxas said yesterday, denying a hand in the allegations of Senators Grace Poe and Francis Escudero that they were prevented from campaigning there. Capiz is the home province of the Liberal Party standard-bearer. The tandem of Poe and Escudero were in Roxas City Wednesday to campaign but reports said they were barred from meeting with the students in one of the schools there. The report also said Poe’s supporters were also prevented from entering a mall where they were supposed to hold a dialogue. The camps of Poe and Escudero had tagged Roxas as responsible, with Poe reported to have been quoted as mocking the “Daang Matuwid” campaign slogan of the administration party. ‘FREELOADER OF GAINS’ This did not sit well with the Liberal Party which accused Poe of being a freeloader of [...]
