{"id":75834,"date":"2016-05-12T23:28:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T03:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=75834"},"modified":"2016-05-12T23:28:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T03:28:04","slug":"lacson-next-senate-president-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/05\/12\/lacson-next-senate-president-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacson as next Senate president: \u201cCount me out\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201dCount me out. I\u2019m not interested,\u201d Lacson said. (Photo by Benhur Arcayan\/Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014Panfilo Lacson has been reportedly on the list of prospective Senate president of presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte but the coming senator is not interested to take the offer.<\/p>\n

\u201dCount me out. I\u2019m not interested,\u201d Lacson, an independent candidate, said when asked by media for comment.<\/p>\n

Lacson, one of the senators already in the Magic 12 of the recent senatorial election, said Senate presidency is a compromising position which \u201cI won\u2019t fit in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senator Juan Edgardo \u2018Sonny\u2019 Angara, who won in 2013 under the ticket of Team PNoy, said Senators Aquilino \u2018Koko\u2019 Pimentel and Alan Peter Cayetano will play major roles in the coming Senate leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201dI\u2019m quite sure Senators Koko and Alan will have major roles in the coming Senate since both are senior legislators and both have the trust and confidence of the president,\u201d Angara said, referring to Duterte.<\/p>\n

Pimentel is the president of the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban sa Bayan (PDP-Laban), a political party that adopted Duterte as its standard-bearer in the last May 9 elections.<\/p>\n

Angara said the LP would still play role in the Senate leadership considering six of its candidates are in the senatorial election\u2019s Magic 12. They are Franklin Drilon, Francis \u2018Kiko\u2019 Pangilinan, Joel Villanueva, Risa Hontiveros, Ralph Recto and Leila de Lima.<\/p>\n

Drilon, an incumbent Senate president, has said the Senate will work with Duterte in the next 17th Congress.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Senator Vicente \u2018Tito\u2019 Sotto III refused to comment on the next Senate presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe are still weighing our options,\u201d said Sotto, who ran as reelectionst under the ticket of independent presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe who already conceded to Duterte.<\/p>\n

Aside from Sotto, other senatorial candidates under Poe\u2019s lineup who are now in the top 12 include: Juan Miguel Zubiri, Richard Gorcon and Rex Gatchalian.<\/p>\n

Poe and running mate Senator Francis \u2018Chiz\u2019 Escudero have still three years left in their term as senators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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