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Iglesia ni Cristo endorses Kiko, 6 TU, 5 GO bets


The influential Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) has reportedly come out with the list of senatorial candidates whom it will endorse in the May 14 midterm elections. GMA News' Saksi reported early Wednesday morning that according to the television network's several sources, six candidates from Team Unity (TU), five from Genuine Opposition (GO) and one independent candidate got the blessing of the independent, nontrinitarian Christian church headed by its executive minister Eraño Manalo. The report said the INC will endorse the following TU bets: Ralph Recto, Vicente "Tito" Sotto, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Edgardo Angara, Joker Arroyo and Michael Defensor. Meanwhile, INC will go for the following opposition candidates: Panfilo Lacson, Loren Legarda, Francis "Chiz" Escudero, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and Manuel Villar Jr. GMA News said Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan is the independent candidate who got INC's nod. INC officials refused to confirm the report when asked by GMA News. But five of the reportedly INC-endorsed bets - Recto, Sotto, Zubiri, Angara and Lacson confirmed that an INC official contacted them to relay the message that they got the church's endorsement. - GMANews.TV

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