6 presidential bets to face PPCRV forum

Six presidential bets will join the forum organized by election watchdog, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, an official announced today.

PPCRV chairperson Tita de Villa said presidential aspirants former President Joseph Estrada, Senators Loren Legarda, Richard Gordon, Mar Roxas, Francis Escudero and Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio have already confirmed their attendance to the forum.

"We are still waiting for the reply of Sen. Manny Villar to our invitation," De Villa sain in an interview with Church-run Radyo Veritas.

The forum will be held on July 16 at the historic Plaza Miranda in Manila.

The PPCRV forum is part of the organization's poll education campaign to guide voters on the best candidates in the upcoming 2010 national elections.

- By Dennis Carcamo
(Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)