I’m not running for Senate – Mocha

PRESIDENTIAL Communications Assistant Secretary Margaux “Mocha” Uson on Thursday said she has no intention to run for senator in 2019 amid the word war between her and Kristina Bernadette “Kris” Aquino.

“Dear media, Huwagniyonaakong pa g-a k say ahanng ora s ni yo. Hindi ako ta ta kbo.W ala a kong am bisy ons a pu litika( Dear media, don’t waste your time on me. I will not run. I have no political ambition),” Uson said in a statement posted on her Facebook account.

“Yungi san alan gang pan sin in ni yo ( You pay attention to the other person). I am not an attention seeker. Nandito l am angp oak obi lang tr a ba h ant eng gobyerno (I am just here as a worker of government),” she added, apparently referring to Aquino.

Uson drew Aquino’s ire when she posted a video of former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. receiving kisses from two women before he was assassinated in 1983.

She posted it in defense of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “playful” kiss with a married Filipina in South Korea.

Duterte, through his top aide Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, had apologized to Aquino but Uson said she would not issue an apology.

Uson defended her post, saying: “This is not about Kris Aquino. Tungkolito sap ag lag ayn gm ali syasai sang halik. It in um bas lang saga wainngi sang leader tuladngtatayniya (This is about imputing malice on a kiss. I just compared the actions of one leader with that of her dad). Ms. Aquino, this is not about you.”

Uson was a key figure in the Duterte campaign. She is facing a complaint from youth leaders who petitioned the Office of the Ombudsman to remove her for supposedly spreading disinformation.