SENATORS Grace Poe and Francis Escudero are scheduled to file their certificates of candidacy today even as their camp is expected to announce its senatorial lineup— including Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and four bets from the ruling Liberal Party.
A highly-placed source said that, Romualdez aside, the 12 candidates will include Senator Vicente Sotto III, Valenzuela City Rep. Win Gatchalian, House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares, Manila Vice Mayor Francisco Domagoso or Isko Moreno, former Senators Richard Gordon and Juan Miguel Zubiri, and Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo.
The source said the Poe-Escudero tandem may also adopt other LP senatorial bets like Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Director-General Joel Villanueva, former Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla, Senator Ralph Recto, and ex-Senator Panfilo Lacson.
“These names are being seriously considered now and they are likely to form the senatorial candidates of Team Grace-Chiz,” the source said.
“The forming of the grand unity ticket will be a significant step towards national unity,” the source said.