Senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan will launch a series of interviews with supporters and non-supporters alike in a bid to cut across political lines and provide insight into his plans should he win in the May 2025 midterm polls.
Senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan signs the community mural created by the San Mateo for Good Governance volunteers in San Mateo, Rizal on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Team Kiko Pangilinan)
Entitled “Walang Kulay ang Solusyon,” the series is set to run from Tuesday, April 22, to Saturday, April 26 on Pangilinan’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.
The series will feature the former senator in face-to-face conversations with five voters of different political leanings—two are supporters, two were non-supporters, and one is a first-time voter this coming May polls.
“We need to learn to converse with people whose political views are different from ours,” Pangilinan said.
He hopes that the conversations will signal a much-needed space for understanding, especially for those who are unaware of his track record, experience, and advocacy.
“Sa lalim at lawak ng hidwaan sa pulitika, higit na importante ngayon ang madinig ang tinig ng tao. Hindi lamang ito para maipalam sa kanila ang ating adbokasiya, kung hindi para atin rin maintindihan ang kanilang mga hinaing (With the deep and wide gap causes by politics, it more important now to hear what people have to say. This is not only for them to learn about our advocacy, but also for us to understand their grievances),” the former senator explained.
“Naniniwala ako na ang bukas na pakikipag-usap ang paraan para tayo’y matuto at masolusyunan natin ang problemang ating kinakaharap (I believe that open conversations is the way for us to learn and address the problems we are facing),” he added.
In the first episode of Pangilinan's face-to-face encounter with call center agent Joie, it was revealed that she chose to vote for his rival candidate and now Vice President Sara Duterte in the 2022 polls because of the toxicity on social media.
"Actually, I had considered to vote for you that time. In TikTok, mostly supporters in the last elections were fighting," she recalled in Filipino, sharing that "kakampinks" had call her names if they knew she was a Marcos supporter.
This time, though, Joie said it was good to see that Pangilinan was not part of any political bickering and infighting.
"In this election, it's nice to see that you're not getting involved in any issues of the two parties," she told Pangilinan.