By Junex Doronio
MANILA — After five long years of hibernation, former lawmaker Bam Aquino on Tuesday (14 May 2024) said he is now ready to run for senator in the 2025 midterm elections.
Aquino was a senator from 2013 to 2019 but lost in the 2019 midterm polls,
placing only in the 14th place.
“Naghahanda na kami at handa na rin akong bumalik sa larangan ng politika. Handa akong maging boses ng walang boses sa Senado,” Aquino said in an interview on ANC.
He said there are many issues plaguing Filipinos that “were not given much attention” such as the rising prices of goods, low wages, and the education “crisis.”
“They are very complicated issues, hindi sila madadaling i-resolve, marami kang kailangang banggain para makamit mo ‘yung mga kailangan mong makamit para sa taumbayan,” Aquino noted.
“At kailangan natin ng mga tao na handang magtrabaho, handang panindigan yung mga walang boses handang bumangga kung kailangang bumangga. And I’d like to think kaya natin ‘yan,” he added.
Aquino said he left the Liberal Party (LP) in 2019.
In 2025, Aquino said he will run under Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KANP), said to be the country’s youngest political party.
(el Amigo/MNM)
