Press Release
May 5, 2016

POE: FIGHT CONTINUES FOR FILIPINOS' DREAMS

Amid speculations that she is being convinced to bow out of the presidential race, Sen. Grace Poe came out with guns blazing yesterday and said she was not giving up her fight for Filipinos' dreams of a better government.

Speaking to media, the senator shot down rumors that she has forged a deal with the administration to give way to Liberal Party presidential bet Mar Roxas, who had persistently asked her to be his running mate last year.

"Hindi tayo sindikato na makikipag-ayusan kahit kanino para mawalan ng opsyon ang ating mga kababayan. Hindi po ito isang transakasyon para ibenta ang pangarap ng ating mga kababayan," Poe said in a press conference in Makati City Thursday.

"Para doon sa mga nagkakalat ng mga kwento na ako'y sumusuko, isipin po ninyo hindi lamang ang pinagdaanan ko kundi ang pinagadaanan nating lahat bilang Pilipino. Ang ating pagpili ay hindi dapat limitado sa isang gobyernong walang pakiramdam o sa gobyernong corrupt o sa isang gobyernong berdugo dahil tayo ay malayang pumili kung sino ang nararapat para sa ating bayan," she said.

Poe, the lone independent presidential candidate, said she will never give up on her promise of building a "Gobyernong may Puso" that will serve the most neglected sectors of society and ensure that economic growth is inclusive.

"Ang pinakaayaw ng ating mga kababayan ay ibebenta mo ang iyong paninindigan at sarili. They don't want a sellout especially when you're fighting for their aspirations and when you're fighting for their beliefs," she said.

"Kaya sa mga iba dyan na nagsasabi na dapat ay pagbigyan na lang ang iba para dalawa na lang ang naglalaban, sino ba sila para magsabi kung sino ang dapat piliin ng kababayan?" Poe said.

The senator slammed the mind-conditioning being done by her political opponents who say that the presidential race is down to two because of a slight change in the voters' preference surveys.

"Kaya ako nililigawan ngayon, lumabas ang survey na medyo nagkaroon sila ng tsansya. I feel, lalo na ngayon, ginagamit nila ang iba't ibang paraan para makondisyon ang isip ng ating mga kababayan. Pero nakita naman natin na kahit ikaw ang may pinakamalakas na makinarya, walang garantiya na ikaw ang magtatagumpay," Poe said.

She pointed out the flaws of the current administration, which she said has turned a deaf ear to the cries of millions of commuters who endure the miserable MRT situation daily and the thousands of passengers who constantly fear falling victims to tanim-bala, as well as the threats of Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who she called "berdugo."

The country's 54 million voters have a better choice--it is not down to an insensitive government or a dictatorship, she said. There is "Gobyernong may Puso."

"Hindi naman ang pagpipilian lang natin ay isang gobyernong palpak, walang pakiramdam o isang gobyerno na corrupt or isang gobyerno na berdugo ang nagpapatakbo. Ang hinahanap natin ay isang lider na masasandalan, na magbibigay sa'tin ng inspirasyon, na maiaahon tayo sa kahirapan," Poe said.

"Hindi po iisa lang ang problema ng ating bayan. Gusto natin ligtas tayo pero gusto natin na ang ating pamilya ay masagana. Higit sa lahat, gusto natin ng isang gobyernong ikararangal natin," she said.

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