Thea Alberto
Yahoo! Philippines / September 2, 2009
A day after Senator Manuel Roxas II announced he would be supporting Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III for the 2010 elections, the latter has yet to decide whether to accept the challenge.
Aquino said he has decided to go on a retreat over the weekend.
“I urge you to pray with me so you too can assess your own readiness to take part in the difficult struggle ahead. We are hopefully in this together,” said Aquino in his speech at Club Filipino, the same building where his late mother, former president Corazon Aquino took her oath as the first woman president.
Aquino said it was better to think things over instead of hastily joining the campaign for the 2010 Presidential elections.
“Sa nalalabing araw ng aming pagluluksa at pagdadalamhati sa pagpanaw ng aming mahal naming ina, sisikapin ko pong taos-pusong sagutin ang katanungang ito. Sana maunawaan po ninyo ang bagay na ito,” the Senator said.
Meanwhile, Aquino lauded Roxas’ “sacrifice.”
“Senator Roxas’ sacrifice is the finest example of selflessness that our nation sorely needs in these morally troubled times,” said Aquino.