MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has said no to an offer to run for senator in the 2022 polls. But his “friends” in the Cabinet are gearing up for the race.
In a tweet Thursday, Locsin said he told President Rodrigo Duterte that he deems it “an infinitely higher honor” to step down with him once his term ends in June next year.
“No greater honor than to walk away from it all with such a president,” he also said.
“Friends in Cabinet are running for the Senate; those I deeply admire,” Manila’s top diplomat, however, noted.
He did not name the Cabinet members gunning for Senate seats in next year’s elections.
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