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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider Dela Rosa: Duterte can become next Senate President

Dela Rosa: Duterte can become next Senate President

Published Nov 2, 2021 10:28 am

Presidential aspirant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday, Nov. 2 said he is confident that President Duterte can win a seat in the Senate should he decide to run for the senatorial elections in the upcoming May 2022 elections.

In fact, Dela Rosa said there is also a big chance that he can be elected as the next Senate President. Because of this, Dela Rosa said he too, will try to convince the President to join the 2022 senatorial race, together with Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) party president Alfonso Cusi.

“Based on the declaration coming from our party president Cusi, he intimated that he would convince Duterte to run for senator. I am fully supportive of that,” Dela Rosa said in an interview with CNN Philippines.

“Alam ko malaki chance niya manalo and malaki ang chance na pwede natin syang gawing Senate president and that would be a very good development sa ating Senado (I know he has a big chance of winning and so there is a big chance that we can elect him as Senate President and that would be a very good development in our Senate),” Dela Rosa added.

“Yes...gusto ko maging Senate President siya (I want him to the Senate President),” he reiterated.

The PDP-Laban standard bearer said he intends to talk to the President before the November 15 deadline for substitution of candidates to discuss about their strategy.

Dela Rosa said he can already foresee a stronger and better relationship between the Executive and the Legislative branches of government in the event he wins the presidency in next year’s polls and Duterte also wins in the senatorial race.

“Just in case na manalo tayo dun sa Malacañang, then si Pangulong Duterte ay manalo din bilang senador at siya ang magiging Senate President, napakaganda ng takbo ng ating bansa (if we win a seat in Malacanang, and President Duterte also wins as a senator, and eventually becomes a Senate President, the nation will operate more smoothly),” he pointed out.

“Dahil magkakaroon ngayon ng magandang samahan itong (Because now there would be better relations between) two equal bodies towards one purpose which is nation-building ” the former top cop said.

As far as he is concerned, the senator said he believes Duterte would rather remain in politics than retire considering that he is a “workaholic.”

“Ayaw niya yung idle moments... na walang ginagawa. So habang buhay pa siya gusto niya i-dedicate yung kanyang remaining life sa pagseserbisyo sa ating bansa (He doesn’t like idle moments, doing nothing. He saaid that while is still alive,he wants to dedicate the remaining days of his life serving the nation),” he said.

He also insisted that they are not convincing Duterte to run just to strengthen the PDP-Laban’s senatorial line-up, saying that their senatorial bets can win through their own merits.

“Puro naman ‘yan achievers, magaganda ang records. Kahit wala si (All of them are acheivers, they have good records. Even without) President Duterte, they will win through their merits,” the lawmaker said.

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