There is no chance that President Benigno Aquino 3rd will sideline Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and choose Sen. Grace Poe as the ruling Liberal Party’s standard bearer in 2016, a party-leader said on Monday.

Dasmariñas City Rep. Elpidio Barzaga, External Vice President of the National Union Party that is allied with the Aquino administration, said a Roxas-Poe tandem is more likely.

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