(Eagle News) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, April 23, admitted the Liberal Party was urging former presidential candidate Mar Roxas to run for senator in 2019.
He said, however, that Roxas, who has since moved away from the public eye since losing the 2016 presidential elections to then-Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, has not yet decided.
“He is also enjoying his private life,” he said.
He said that so far, they were still looking at who would comprise the opposition’s senatorial slate.
He admitted it was difficult to put up an opposition ticket, especially with the President having a 70-percent approval rating.
The President is the chair of the ruling party, PDP Laban.
“But the opposition is there,” Drilon said.