CABANATUAN CITY
– A Poe-Kiko tandem in the 2016 elections?
It may sound catchy, funny and
interesting but it’s nothing but a joke, according to Presidential Adviser on
Food Security and Modernization (PAFSAM), Secretary Francis Pangilinan.
“Joke
lang ‘yon (It’s a joke at best),” Pangilinan, nicknamed Kiko, told reporters at
the sidelines of the Christmas party of the National Irrigation Administration
at its central office along Edsa attended by the agency’s regional directors,
project managers and employees Thursday afternoon.
He
was responding to a question on whether he could be the running mate of Sen.
Grace Poe, who is being mentioned as one of the prospective candidates for
president in the 2016 synchronized elections.
Political
analysts, the media and even ordinary citizens have been having a grand time
talking about a Poe-Kiko tandem not only because it is catchy but also because
of sexist tone.
They
say it sounds more like a play on words referring to a woman’s private part but
in a humorous tone.
“Imagine
during the campaign, you will hear people chanting “Puke ko, puke ko (my
private part, my private part). It will surely get everybody’s attention,” one
of them commented with a laugh.
Poe,
daughter of the late movie actor and ex-presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr.
, has emerged second to Vice President Jejomar Binay in a survey of possible
presidential bets with a rating of 18%. She has denied any plans to seek higher
office.
Poe’s
name has been floated after Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, a senior member of
the Liberal Party, revealed Thursday that an outsider like the lady senator
could be considered as the party’s standard-bearer in the 2016 presidential
race.
One
of the elder Poe’s early supporters, Washington Sycip, founder of the
accounting firm SGV & Co., has been egging the younger Poe to run for the
presidency.
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