SARAH Geronimo
Singer-actress Sarah Geronimo said she would not be endorsing any presidential candidate for the 2016 elections.
“I want to take a break from it,” she said during the fans and media day organized by Michaela, a local brand of bags and shoes that she endorses, at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City.
Sarah supported Nacionalista Party’s tandem of Manny Villar and Loren Legarda during the 2010 presidential elections. “I [would] get involved in that again if [I become more knowledgeable] about politics. I want to learn as much as I can about it first,” she told the Inquirer.
Women’s rights
In an interview in 2010, Sarah said she backed the Villar-Legarda team because of its “concern for issues about women’s rights and overseas Filipino workers.” She said she considered it an honor that at her age, she was chosen to help spread the message of the party’s campaign.
To fellow celebrities who endorse politicians, Sarah advised: “Make sure to know as much as you can about the candidate before agreeing to help promote his or her cause. Never say yes to doing it just for the money. It’s important that you also believe in the person’s advocacies. After all, he or she will help shape the country’s future.”
Now that she is taking a break from her mentoring duties in the reality talent search “The Voice of the Philippines,” Sarah is busy preparing for a concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Dec. 4.
Titled “From the Top,” the show promises a “more daring” Sarah. “We decided on the concert’s title during our most recent meeting.”
She explained: “I am now at a stage in my life where I am getting older but am still worried about doing something drastic, something that doesn’t suit my personality. We’ve agreed to simply do a recollection of the previous years and then the rest will follow.”
Brave, daring
For now, Sarah said she preferred to keep the songs in her repertoire a secret. “Let’s just say that it will be the first time that I will be doing this concept,” she said. “It’s something brave and daring, but not daring in the sense that I would take my clothes off.”
Paolo Valenciano will direct the concert.
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