{"id":184113,"date":"2018-10-03T05:58:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T09:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=184113"},"modified":"2018-10-03T05:58:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T09:58:55","slug":"resignation-uson-open-run-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/03\/resignation-uson-open-run-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"After resignation, Uson open to run for senator"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cKung ano po ang mababasa ko sa Facebook, kung ano ang sasabihin ng mga supporters doon, doon ko po titignan (Whatever I read from Facebook, what my supporters will say there, I\u2019ll take it from there). Senator or Congress, open po tayo (we’re open),\u201d she said. (File photo<\/a>: MOCHA USON BLOG\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Following her resignation as communications assistant secretary, Esther Margaux \u201cMocha\u201d Uson on Wednesday said she is open to run for a Senate seat, or even for a congressional seat, in next year\u2019s mid-term elections.<\/p>\n

Uson, however, said her decision whether to run or not in the polls would depend on the sentiments of the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs President Rodrigo Duterte said, ‘Let the people decide,’\u201d she said during an interview after announcing her resignation during the hearing of the proposed 2019 budget of the Presidential Communications Operations office (PCOO) at the Senate in Pasay City.<\/p>\n

Uson, who enjoys a large following on social media, noted that Filipinos are now in Facebook, and she would know their sentiments there.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung ano po ang mababasa ko sa<\/em>\u00a0Facebook,\u00a0kung ano ang sasabihin ng mga<\/em>\u00a0supporters\u00a0doon, doon ko po titignan<\/em>\u00a0(Whatever I read from Facebook, what my supporters will say there, I\u2019ll take it from there). Senator or Congress, open\u00a0po tayo<\/em>\u00a0(we’re open),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, upon announcing her resignation at the budget hearing, Uson said unlike other lawmakers who use their positions for their own agenda, she said she is ready to fight for the voiceless masses in society.<\/p>\n

\u201cDadalhin ko ang laban sa<\/em>\u00a0Congress\u00a0at Senado<\/em>\u00a0(I will bring the fight to Congress and the Senate),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

When asked by reporters to elaborate, Uson said she is willing to fight for the ordinary Filipinos in any arena.<\/p>\n

\u201cNakaka-<\/em>frustrate e.\u00a0Yung ilang mambabatas natin na andyan sila sa posisyon pero ang iniisip nila ay sarili nilang interes<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s very frustrating. Some of our lawmakers there in position are just thinking about their own interests),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKailangang magkaroon ng boses ang ordinaryong tao, at gagawin po natin yan kung sa anumang paraan na pupwede<\/em>\u00a0(Ordinary people should have a voice, and we will do that by whatever means),\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Uson tendered her resignation after lawmakers at the House of Representatives deferred twice the passage of the PCOO budget due to her absence in the deliberations.<\/p>\n

Several lawmakers wanted Uson to appear before Congress to answer the criticisms against her.<\/p>\n

However, she clarified that her resignation was not due to the criticisms, but to the \u201crotten system\u201d perpetrated by certain lawmakers who do not want to be criticized themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cGayun paman, ganun na po talaga ang sistema natin ngayon, taon-taon ay sinasabihan po ako na huwag punahin ang ilang mambabatas para huwag ipitin ang<\/em>\u00a0budget\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0PCOO (Nonetheless, that is the system now, being told yearly not to criticize certain lawmakers so that they will not defer the PCOO budget),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNakakaliit man ang sistema natin ng kasalukuyan, bulok man ito, ngunit kailangang sundin. Dahil po dyan, ako na po ang magsa-sakripisyo para maipasa na po ang<\/em>\u00a0budget\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0PCOO.\u00a0Ako po ay nagdesisyon na mag<\/em>-resign\u00a0na po<\/em>\u00a0(However demeaning and rotten the system now may be, it must be followed. Because of that, I am now making the sacrifice so that the PCOO budget would be passed. I have decided to resign),\u201d Uson said at the hearing.<\/p>\n

Uson warned her critics that she would not be backing off anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cPara po sa mga bumabatikos sa akin, huwag po kayong magkakamaling isipin na nagtagumpay kayo. Hindi ako nagbitiw sa posisyon dahil takot akong harapin kayo. Gusto ko lang na pag nagkaharap tayo, patas ang laban<\/em>\u00a0(To my critics, don\u2019t ever think that you\u2019ve won. I did not resign because I am afraid to face you. All I want is that when we face each other, the fight would be fair),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait for my blogs.\u00a0Bakbakan na ito, bakbakan na talaga ito<\/em>\u00a0(This will be war, this will be really war),\u201d Uson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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