Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III formally endorsed 10 of his preferred senatorial candidates yesterday.
Sotto endorsed all seven reelectionist candidates – Senators Grace Poe, Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay, Cynthia Villar, Bam Aquino, JV Ejercito, and Koko Pimentel – and former Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, Taguig City Rep. Pia Cayetano, and former Sen. Lito Lapid during the launching of the Luntiang Pilipinas partylist in Calamba City, Laguna.
“One thing I can assure you, the lineup of reelectionists in the Senate today is the reason why the Philippine Senate now has reached the highest ever trust and approval rating the country has ever had from 1987 to the present,” Sotto said.
“It’s because of the diligence, the hard work and the transparency of the work of the Senate, and the sincerity of the members of the Senate,” he added.
Sotto also vouched for Go’s candidacy, saying that he has known him long enough to affirm his roots and character.
“Matagal ko na siyang kakilala at matagal ko narin nakasama noon pa man… Alam ko yung tubo niya. Alam ko yung hubog niya,” Sotto said. (Vanne Terrazola)
