MANILA, Philippines — Former senators JV Ejercito and Gringo Honasan are planning to another Senate reelection in the 2022 national elections, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Monday.
“I think so, as of now, that’s what I heard,” Sotto said in an online interview with reporters when asked if Honasan will run for the Senate in the coming elections.
Honasan is currently the secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology.
While Honasan is an independent candidate, Sotto said the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) can adopt the former senator as one of its senatorial candidates. Sotto serves as the acting chairman of the NPC.
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