From 24, the list of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan’s (PDP-Laban) possible senatorial bets for 2019 has been trimmed to only “five or six.”Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, PDP-Laban president, disclosed this Thursday, barely a week before the start of the filing of the certificate of candidacy for next year’s polls. ADVERTISEMENT“Mga lima, anim,” Pimentel told reporters at the Senate on Thursday when asked how many were left on the list. He refused to identify the remaining candidates, who are all PDP-Laban members, saying they would announce the list next week. In a letter to President Rodrigo Duterte last August, Pimentel gave the names of 24 possible senatorial bets, including some senators who are up for re-election next year. ADVERTISEMENT“There’s no shortcut to being official candidate of the party,” Pimentel said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 04, 2018 05:10 UTC