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Senator Grace Poe on Sunday showed support for three senatorial bets belonging to three different parties—former Senate president Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, former senator Bam Aquino , and Senator Pia Cayetano —at the FPJ Panday Bayanihan party-list grand rally in San Carlos, Pangasinan.Poe said the three supported her when her place in the Senate was questioned due to her being a "foundling." Poe was adopted by film stars Fernando Poe Jr.
Bali wala ang politika kung ang iyong pinaglalaban ay katotohanan," she added. Sotto belongs to the Nationalist People's Coalition while Aquino and Cayetano are under the Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino and Nacionalista Party, respectively.Continue the programsSotto said he would return to the Senate to oversee the implementation of the “Doktor Para Sa Bayan” Act, a measure he filed that offers scholarships for aspiring doctors.
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