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Liberal Party eyes Agot Isidro in 2019 Senate slate

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1433527" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><h3><strong>Mar Roxas says no to Senate run </strong></h3><p>MANILA - The Liberal Party (LP) is urging actress Agot Isidro, a critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, to run under its senatorial slate in the 2019 mid-term elections, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Monday.</p><p>Pangilinan, president of LP, said the once-ruling party first floated the idea in a meeting with Isidro about extra-judicial killings and Chinese encroachment in Philippine territory.</p><p>&quot;Of course, she was hesitant. But then we said, precisely, that we need more women to step up and so she said, &#x27;Okay, you can consider it but let me think about it also. We&#x27;re still convincing her,&quot; Pangilinan told ANC.</p><p>Isidro once called President Rodrigo Duterte a &quot;psychopath,&quot; for his tirades against the US and the European Union.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/09/16/agot-draws-flak-support-after-calling-duterte-a-psychopath">Agot draws flak, support after calling Duterte a &#x27;psychopath&#x27;</a></li></ul><div><strong>IT&#x27;S A &#x27;NO&#x27; FOR MAR</strong></div><p>LP also offered a spot in its senatorial slate to former interior secretary Mar Roxas, who lost to Duterte in the May 2016 race, but he initially declined, said Pangilinan.</p><p>&quot;He says no, although there are people that are still trying to convince him,&quot; he said.</p><p>Re-electionist Senator Bam Aquino will lead LP&#x27;s senatorial slate, dubbed &quot;The Resistance,&quot; Pangilinan said.</p><p>The senatorial line-up, he said, will also include Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano, lawyer Jose Manuel &quot;Chel&quot; Diokno, LP vice president for external affairs Erin Tañada, and former Akbayan representative Barry Gutierrez.</p><p>Pangilinan added that the LP is also in talks to form a coalition with groups Akbayan, Magdalo, Tindig Pilipinas and Kaya Natin for the elections.</p><p>LP has not had any discussion with other other re-electionist senators JV Ejercito, Grace Poe, Cynthia Villar, Sonny Angara, and Nancy Binay, collectively known as &quot;The Force,&quot; said Pangilinan.</p><p>Vice President Leni Robredo is involved with LP&#x27;s selection of senatorial bets, he mentioned.</p>

<p>The Liberal Party (LP) is urging actress Agot Isidro, a critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, to run under its senatorial slate in the 2019 mid-term elections, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Monday.</p><p> </p>

The Liberal Party (LP) is urging actress Agot Isidro, a critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, to run under its senatorial slate in the 2019 mid-term elections, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Monday.