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At Ilocos Sur rally, Sara reads out Robin’s name in senate slate

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Mico Abarro, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Halalan 2022 Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from right), along with running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (3rd from left), take the stage with senatorial candidates Robin Padilla (leftmost) and Harry Roque (2nd from left) and local government officials during a campaign rally in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur on February 17, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/02/17/20220217-elections-campaign-uniteam-ilocos-sur-jc-001.jpg"/><figcaption>Halalan 2022 Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from right), along with running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (3rd from left), take the stage with senatorial candidates Robin Padilla (leftmost) and Harry Roque (2nd from left) and local government officials during a campaign rally in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur on February 17, 2022. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>ILOCOS SUR—Vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio mentioned again on Thursday the name of actor Robin Padilla while announcing the UniTeam&#x27;s senatorial lineup.</p><p>Duterte-Carpio, running under Lakas-CMD in tandem with presidential candidate Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr., made the remark again at a UniTeam rally in Narvacan town with Padilla in attendance. </p><p>When she did this the previous night at a rally in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Marcos, who belongs to Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, clarified that Padilla is not part of the UniTeam&#x27;s senatorial slate.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/17/22/robin-padilla-not-part-of-uniteam-slate-despite-duterte-carpio-endorsement">Robin Padilla not part of UniTeam slate despite Duterte-Carpio endorsement</a></li></ul><p>In an interview following Thursday&#x27;s rally, Marcos&#x27; campaign manager Benhur Abalos said the matter of Padilla&#x27;s inclusion in the slate still had to be discussed.</p><p>The UniTeam&#x27;s official senatorial lineup so far includes the following:</p><ol>	<li>Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque</li>	<li>House lawmaker Rodante Marcoleta</li>	<li>Lawyer Larry Gadon</li>	<li>Former Public Works Secretary Mark Villar</li>	<li>Former Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista</li>	<li>Former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro</li>	<li>Antique Rep. Loren Legarda.</li>	<li>Sen. Migz Zubiri</li>	<li>Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian</li>	<li>Former DICT Secretary Gregorio Honasan</li>	<li>Former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada</li></ol><p>During Thursday&#x27;s campaign event, Marcos spoke about solving the country&#x27;s woes through unity and did not take up the subject of Padilla&#x27;s inclusion in the UniTeam&#x27;s slate.</p><p>At the Laoag rally, he only referred to Padilla as a longtime friend who is not part of the UniTeam&#x27;s senatorial bets.</p><p>“Alam niyo po, si Robin Padilla, kahit hindi po namin kasama ‘yan sa line up ng mga senador [ng UniTeam Alliance] ay matagal na po naming naging kaibigan ‘yan,” Marcos had said.</p><p>“At kaya naman eh kahit na hindi siya technically naisama (sa UniTeam Alliance senatoriables), eh pagka-nandiyan siya, kapag mayroon siyang panahon, eh sinasama namin,” he added.</p><p>Padilla is running under Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), the political party of President Rodrigo Duterte which has no standard bearer in this year&#x27;s elections.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/19/21/duterte-on-bongbong-marcos-spoiled-weak-leader">Duterte says daughter Sara&#x27;s running-mate Marcos is &#x27;spoiled, weak leader&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Pag-uusapan maiigi,&quot; Abalos said of Padilla&#x27;s official inclusion in the UniTeam&#x27;s senatorial lineup.</p><p>&quot;Siyempre, gustong-gusto niya (Duterte-Duterte) si Robin. At mabait naman si Robin Kaibigan si Robin. But for it to be really official, we have to discuss first.&quot;</p><p>Padilla is among a set of seven &quot;friends&quot; Duterte has been endorsing, but are not part of the UniTeam&#x27;s senatorial slate. </p><p>Along with him are Sen. Joel Villanueva, Sorsogon Gov. Francis &quot;Chiz&quot; Escudero, former Vice President Jejomar Binay, former Sen. JV Ejercito, former presidential chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo, and former Philippine National Police chief Guillermo Eleazar.</p><p>Padilla stood on stage though together with the UniTeam&#x27;s senatorial bets and other officials after Marcos delivered his speech in their Thursday&#x27;s activity.</p><p>The actor is among a list of 12 senatorial aspirants who topped Pulse Asia&#x27;s recent survey.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/14/22/tulfo-tops-pulse-survey-on-preferred-2022-senate-bets">READ: Raffy Tulfo tops anew Pulse Asia survey on 2022 Senate bets</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1931171" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio mentioned again on Thursday the name of actor Robin Padilla while announcing the UniTeam's senatorial lineup.

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At Ilocos Sur rally, Sara reads out Robin’s name in senate slate

Mico Abarro,

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Published Feb 17, 2022 10:08 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 18, 2022 12:18 AM PHT

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