Poe spurns Roxas’ unity call to avert Duterte win

President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Friday confirmed he is working on an alliance among the presidential candidates to stop survey frontrunner Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte from winning Monday’s elections.

In an interview, Aquino said he had been talking regularly to administration Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Manuel Roxas 2nd, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Vice President Jejomar Binay and had exchanged text messages with Sen. Grace Poe, to discuss the possibility of joining forces to thwart the tough-talking mayor’s bid for the presidency.