Mar Roxas gives way to Noynoy Aquino

Senator Manuel Mar Roxas II has given way to his party-mate Senator Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III as the standard bearer of the Liberal Party in the 2010 presidential elections. A great sacrifice indeed.

“Noynoy Aquino and I share the outrage in the mess we are all in,” Roxas said, “I want to make a difference…" he added "I am the president of the Liberal party. It is within my power to preside over a potentially divisive process or to make the party a bridge for the forces of change,” Roxas said in a press conference Tuesday at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan. “Someone needs to make a sacrifice,” he added. Sen. Aquino is set to bare his plans for the 2010 elections September 2.