Malacañang welcomed the bid of Senator Benigno Aquino III for presidency in the May 2010 presidential elections.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Aquino’s decision serves as a “motivation (for the Lakas-Kampi-CMD) to ensure it strategizes properly” in choosing its standard bearer.
Despite the alleged euphoria over Aquino’s bid for the presidency, Ermita said he still foresees a victory by the administration candidate based on qualifications and capabilities, and with the full support of the party’s mechanism.
Ermita admitted Aquino possesses the qualifications of a presidential candidate but that his being popular now is more of an offshoot of the death of former President Corazon Aquino, the acknowledged democracy icon in the country. (PIA)
