Opposition parties push unity ticket – Malaya 12.20.2006
BY DENNIS GADIL
MAJOR opposition parties are dusting off plans for a unity senatorial ticket which were earlier shelved in the face of a no-election scenario under the charter change proposed by the administration.
"After the defeat of Con-Ass, there’s a re-drawing of political lines. It’s now clear that there will be elections next year," Senate majority leader Francis Pangilinan said yesterday.
Pangilinan, who is expected to seek a second term in 2007, said the Liberal Party wing under Sen. Franklin Drilon is reviving talks with other opposition parties to forge an alliance for the midterm elections.
"The chances of a unity ticket have become brighter," said Pangilinan, who is also LP chairman.
He said informal talks are underway with parties belonging to the United Opposition (UNO), the Nacionalista Party (NP) of Senate President Manuel Villar and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) of Sen. Edgardo Angara.
UNO groups the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) of former President Joseph Estrada and PDP-Laban of Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay.
Pangilinan said negotiations between the LP and the NP are in the "advanced stage."
"There are already designated negotiators," he said.
The LP wing of Drilon froze its coalition talks with the NP after the former was besieged by legal challenges from the LP faction of Manila Mayor Lito Atienza.
Villar, NP president, earlier said the party is open to any alliance with the opposition or with the administration but stressed his party does not need to forge alliances to win in the 2007 elections.
If the LP-NP coalition talks bear fruit, the two parties are likely to field Villar, Pangilinan, Sen. Ralph Recto, Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano and Tarlac Rep. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.
Pimentel said his PDP-Laban party is backing a unified ticket composed of opposition senatorial candidates.
He said this was the more logical direction to ensure defeat of administration candidates.
Pimentel also said his lawyer son Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III is likely to be fielded by the PDP-Laban.
MAJOR opposition parties are dusting off plans for a unity senatorial ticket which were earlier shelved in the face of a no-election scenario under the charter change proposed by the administration.
"After the defeat of Con-Ass, there’s a re-drawing of political lines. It’s now clear that there will be elections next year," Senate majority leader Francis Pangilinan said yesterday.
Pangilinan, who is expected to seek a second term in 2007, said the Liberal Party wing under Sen. Franklin Drilon is reviving talks with other opposition parties to forge an alliance for the midterm elections.
"The chances of a unity ticket have become brighter," said Pangilinan, who is also LP chairman.
He said informal talks are underway with parties belonging to the United Opposition (UNO), the Nacionalista Party (NP) of Senate President Manuel Villar and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) of Sen. Edgardo Angara.
UNO groups the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) of former President Joseph Estrada and PDP-Laban of Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay.
Pangilinan said negotiations between the LP and the NP are in the "advanced stage."
"There are already designated negotiators," he said.
The LP wing of Drilon froze its coalition talks with the NP after the former was besieged by legal challenges from the LP faction of Manila Mayor Lito Atienza.
Villar, NP president, earlier said the party is open to any alliance with the opposition or with the administration but stressed his party does not need to forge alliances to win in the 2007 elections.
If the LP-NP coalition talks bear fruit, the two parties are likely to field Villar, Pangilinan, Sen. Ralph Recto, Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano and Tarlac Rep. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.
Pimentel said his PDP-Laban party is backing a unified ticket composed of opposition senatorial candidates.
He said this was the more logical direction to ensure defeat of administration candidates.
Pimentel also said his lawyer son Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III is likely to be fielded by the PDP-Laban.
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