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Pimentel on Roque possibly abandoning Senate run: “Sayang”

(Eagle News)–“Sayang.” Senator Koko Pimentel said it would be a waste if Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque would decide not to run for a Senate seat in 2019. In a radio interview, Pimentel noted that Roque’s expertise as a lawyer was international law. As such, he said Roque could be nominated as the new chair of the Senate committee on foreign relations, with incumbent chair Senator Loren Legarda graduating soon. “Eksaktong eksakto sana kasi dumadami na […]