ALIAGA, Nueva Ecija – Neophyte first district
Rep. Estrellita Suansing has denied reports that her husband is running for
governor in the 2016 elections.
Suansing told
journalists that her husband, former Customs deputy commissioner Horacio Suansing,
harbors no political ambitions and has no plan to enter the gubernatorial race
in 2016.
“Truth to tell, my
husband has no political ambitions in Nueva Ecija. Even supposing he has
ambitions, he will run somewhere else, not in Nueva Ecija. Never,” Suansing
said.
Suansing, a close ally
of outgoing three-term Gov. Aurelio Umali, said she and her husband are no
political threats to Umali and his wife, outgoing third district Rep. Czarina,
and that his planned political foray is pure speculation.
The first-term
congresswoman, who ended the Josons’ 15-year dominance in the first district
with a landslide victory last year, was reacting to reports that her husband is
bent on entering politics in the province.
Earlier, Umali
declared that his wife is running for governor in 2016.
Also being reported to
be eyeing the governorship are former three-term fourth district congressman
Rodolfo Antonino, Cabanatuan City Mayor Julius Cesar Vergara’s wife Rosanna,
and outgoing second district Rep. Joseph Gilbert Violago.
Vice Gov. Jose Gay
Padiernos, who was Umali’s running mate in the past two elections, is also
being mentioned as a potential gubernatorial candidate.
Padiernos said he has
not disclosed his political plans yet even as reports continue to circulate
that he has been eyeing the post of either governor, congressman or even mayor
of Gapan City.
Suansing, a member of
Umali’s Unang Sigaw Partidong Pagbabago, has been reported in the social media
as planning to bolt the governor’s camp to join the camp of Antonino, Violago
and Vergara.
Suansing denied this,
saying she was never aware of any political alliance involving the three. “How
can I possibly jump ship and join their camp when I don’t even know of an
alliance involving them?” she said, adding she is a friend to all three.
She said she is
concerned with helping her district. “More than choosing to join them, I am
focused on attending to the needs of my constituents,” she said.
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