Rep. Benitez withdraws PDP-LABAN 2019 senatorial nomination
Published September 5, 2018, 3:36 PM
By Ben Rosario
Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, who was instrumental in the ascent of former president and now Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday withdrew his nomination as member of the PDP-Laban senatorial line up in next year’s election.
Benitez, chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, has been included in the PDP-Laban ticket for the 2019 senatorial race amid the increasing number of names in the lineup in the country’s most dominant political party, which is headed for a coalition with allied political parties.