GP camp: No disqualification for Grace Poe

Senator Grace Poe’s camp remained in “high spirits” amid the looming decision

of the Supreme Court on the disqualification cases against her, her spokesman said on Tuesday.

“We are in high spirits. Sen. Poe is not distracted and is in the thick of her

campaign schedule.

Her focus is to reach out to as many people as possible to detail her platform –

Gobyernong may Puso,” Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian said in a statement.

“We are confident that the SC will rule in her favor because the laws are

on her side,” Gatchalian added.

The SC is set to hold an en banc session this Tuesday to receive the final 

positions of the justices and continue their deliberations on the petitions seeking 

to unseat Poe as senator and stop her from running for president in May.

The Senate Electoral Tribunal has already junked a quo warranto petition 

filed by defeated senatorial bet Rizalito David seeking to unseat Poe

as senator over her citizenship. The petitioner elevated the case to the SC.

Poe, meanwhile, is asking the high tribunal to reverse the Commission 

on Elections’ cancellation of her certificate of candidacy over residency 

and citizenship issues.

While the SC is deliberating on the cases, Poe is scheduled to attend

the International Women’s Day celebration in the afternoon at the

Liwasang Bonfiacio.

She said she was not only hopeful but was also confident that

the SC would decide in her favor.

“I’m really at peace with it. Masaya nga ako e. Hindi ko nga

alam bakit,” Poe said in an interview Monday. News Info.Inquirer.News