Tag: presidential race

French PM quits to enter presidential race

by Clare BYRNE PARIS, France (AFP) — French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is set to resign on Tuesday to free himself to do battle for the Socialist nomination in next year’s presidential election. Announcing his candidacy on Monday France’s prime minister of the past two-and-a-half years said he would step down to try to rally the fractured left ahead of a primary in January. Health Minister Marisol Touraine and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve are among those tipped […]

‘Stop whining,’ Obama scolds Trump

by Andrew BEATTY with Michael MATHES in Colorado Springs WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday slapped down Donald Trump’s claim that the 2016 presidential race is rigged, telling the Republican nominee to “stop whining” and get on with his campaign. In language usually used to scold a moody teenager, Obama discarded diplomatic decorum and skewered the mogul from the Rose Garden in front of visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Trump […]

Aquino says Roxas is still up for 2016 presidential race

BUSAN, South Korea (Eagle News Service) — President Aquino said Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas should not be counted out of the 2016 presidential race, even if latest Pulse Asia survey results showed he dropped to 6th place among the possible contenders. In an interview here at Busan, President Aquino said it is way too early to predict how possible presidential contenders would fare. President Aquino said there were people who will say […]