Hontiveros to vie for Senate reelection; backs ‘broader unity’ for opposition in 2022
MANILA – Senator Risa Hontiveros is planning to seek another term in the Senate in the 2022 national elections.
During an INQside Look interview, the legislator was asked about her plans for next year’s polls, to which she replied: “I hope to run for reelection to the Senate next year.”
Hontiveros is currently on her first term as a senator after being elected to the upper chamber in 2016.
Aside from Hontiveros, fellow opposition lawmaker, Senator Francis Pangilinan, is also eyeing a Senate reelection in 2022.
Hontiveros likewise said she supports a “broader unity” for the opposition, hoping this would lay the “trajectory for something different and something better for our country.”
Vice President Leni Robredo, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, and Pangilinan have all earlier underscored the need for the opposition to rally behind one presidential bet in the upcoming polls. “I think
sa oposisyon, gusto talaga naming maging isang
outcome bahagi ng isang proseso, tapos where we can achieve a isang kongkretong broader unity, at its core
values. unity on values, in terms of sa Pero dagdag sa being forward- looking for the benefit of the people,” Hontiveros said.
“new and better normal Kumbaga, ‘ yung post- pandemic, post-
ay hindi recession post lang napaka- challenging pero itong
na mga contested democracy and taon para sa ating tinatawag moving forward through na the process of transitional j ustice and healing and reconciliation, repairing damage lipunan,” she added.(©
sa ating 2021)
Philippine Daily