PROFILE: Manuel B. Villar, Jr.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago—who was re-elected in May as a guest candidate of the Nacionalista Party (NP)—said in an interview Villar has about 12 senators rooting for his candidacy for the Senate leadership.
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PROFILE: Francis G. Escudero
Escudero has been in the news lately with many senators labeling him as the “dark horse” in the race for Senate President. If elected Senate President he would go down as the youngest in history.
PROFILE: Franklin M. Drilon
Drilon admitted in a television interview that he joined different coalitions before but he had never been a member of any political party other than the Liberal Party, which he joined in 2004 and became its president until 2008.
The Senate President
It will eventually be a numbers game for contenders seeking the senate presidency via multi-partisan alliances that are, at best, temporary and unwieldy.