Senator Benigno Aquino III on Friday, September 4, 2009 privately met with the Carmelite Sisters (Order of Discalced Carmelite) at a monastery in Zamboanga City in Mindanao to seek spiritual advice whether to run for the presidency in next year’s elections. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 4, 2009) – The son of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, Senator Benigno Aquino III, on Friday privately met with the Carmelite Sisters in Zamboanga City in Mindanao to seek spiritual advice whether to seek for the presidency in next year’s elections.
Aquino, guarded by members of the local Police SWAT team, arrived at around 9 a.m. at the monastery of the Order of Discalced Carmelite where she was met by Sr. Edilla Teresa Ratilla and Sr. Mary Gloria Limbaga.
The monastery was where Aquino’s mother went for a retreat in 1985 before she decided to run for president against Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Yellow ribbons were also tied around street poles and trees outside and inside the monastery. The yellow motif was used by Aquino’s mother and the opposition during the campaign in the 1986 snap elections against Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
The nuns also gave Aquino a prayer pamphlet before leading him to a room where the senator met with Sr. Agnes Guillen, the monastery’s prioress.
”The meeting is private, we cannot allow the media and we hope you understand,” the prioress told the Mindanao Examiner by phone prior to the meeting.
Aquino was in Davao City on Thursday and also met with supporters and came to Zamboanga for spiritual retreat and to seek guidance from the nuns.
At the monastery, Aquino held a closed door meeting with the nuns for about 2 hours and came out for a brief smoke and then prayed at the monastery’s chapel before eating lunch with the Carmelite Sisters.
“I thank all those who are supporting me,” Aquino said, but it was unknown whether he would pursue the presidency.
Senator Mar Roxas, of the Liberal Party, who earlier said he would seek the presidency, has backed out Wednesday in favor of Aquino. Pampanga provincial governor Eduardo Panlilo, a former Catholic priest, had announced he would run for the president, but also backed out Friday and said he would only support Aquino. (Mindanao Examiner)
Aquino, guarded by members of the local Police SWAT team, arrived at around 9 a.m. at the monastery of the Order of Discalced Carmelite where she was met by Sr. Edilla Teresa Ratilla and Sr. Mary Gloria Limbaga.
The monastery was where Aquino’s mother went for a retreat in 1985 before she decided to run for president against Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Yellow ribbons were also tied around street poles and trees outside and inside the monastery. The yellow motif was used by Aquino’s mother and the opposition during the campaign in the 1986 snap elections against Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
The nuns also gave Aquino a prayer pamphlet before leading him to a room where the senator met with Sr. Agnes Guillen, the monastery’s prioress.
”The meeting is private, we cannot allow the media and we hope you understand,” the prioress told the Mindanao Examiner by phone prior to the meeting.
Aquino was in Davao City on Thursday and also met with supporters and came to Zamboanga for spiritual retreat and to seek guidance from the nuns.
At the monastery, Aquino held a closed door meeting with the nuns for about 2 hours and came out for a brief smoke and then prayed at the monastery’s chapel before eating lunch with the Carmelite Sisters.
“I thank all those who are supporting me,” Aquino said, but it was unknown whether he would pursue the presidency.
Senator Mar Roxas, of the Liberal Party, who earlier said he would seek the presidency, has backed out Wednesday in favor of Aquino. Pampanga provincial governor Eduardo Panlilo, a former Catholic priest, had announced he would run for the president, but also backed out Friday and said he would only support Aquino. (Mindanao Examiner)
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