‘Better for Poe to remain independent’

Sen. Vicente Sotto 3rd, a senior member of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), which has offered to adopt Sen. Grace Poe as its standard-bearer in next year’s elections, on Wednesday urged the pre-election survey frontrunner to run as an independent and pursue the vision of her father, the late Fernando Poe Jr.. popularly called FPJ.

“On Fernando Poe Jr.’s birthday, honor his memory by running as an independent and fulfilling his vision to help the poor in this country,” Sotto said in a statement.