SENATE President Vicente C. Sotto III on Monday said he is considering running for vice president in the 2022 national elections.
“I am still thinking about it. Like for example, the Office of the Vice President is something else… I have to admit that I am thinking about it, unlike the other politicians who say they are not running but on the day of the registration nangunguna sa pag ano (they are first in line),” Mr. Sotto told ABS-CBN News Channel in an interview.
The Senate leader said he is looking at a higher position while weighing “the other inclination, which is to retire.”
In a separate statement, Mr. Sotto said several people and groups have asked him to consider running for higher office.
He said he will have a “better answer” by the third quarter of the year.
“Having said that, let me say that I am inclined to accept the challenge to serve the country for a different purpose other than law-making,” he said. — Vann Marlo M. Villegas
