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Holding on to hope, Kiko Pangilinan says fight for Senate 'Magic 12' is not over

Published May 6, 2025 03:47 pm
With just six days before Election Day, former senator and senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan assured that he’s not backing down without a fight, relying on his years of experience and his track record as a lawmaker.

Senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan (Photo from Team Kiko Pangilinan)

“Hindi pa tapos ang laban. Marami pang puwedeng mangyari (The fight is not yet over. A lot can still happen). We are asking for your support,” Pangilinan said in a radio interview in Iloilo City.

Noting that Iloilo has elected him three times as senator and also as vice president in the 2022 elections, he stressed that he has always stood for Filipinos and has never once gotten entangled in corruption.

“In all those times na hinalal niyo ako (that you voted for me), I never allowed myself to be involved in corruption because you trusted me. Kayo ang nagtiwala sa akin, sinuklian ko ng tapat at totoong panunungkulan (You trusted me, I reciprocated it with honest and true service),” the former senator added.

In another press conference on May 5, Pangilinan also underscored the importance of “last-minute” votes, which will hopefully bring him to the Senate in next week’s polls.

Saying that he plans to focus and present his advocacies until the end of the campaign period, the former senator expressed optimism that Filipinos on the ground will support him.

“Ngayon, ang last minute nararamdaman natin. Ang tao mas sineseryoso na ang pagbusisi at ngayon (Now, we can feel the last-minute decisions. People are now getting serious about investigating and now), we are optimistic that kapag tiningnan nila ang ating track record eh syempre, tayo masasabi nila walang bahid ng kurakot at madaming batas na naipasa at tayo’y karapat-dapat (when they look at our track record, well of course, they can see we do not have corruption allegations and we have passed a lot of laws, so we are deserving),” Pangilinan added.

Throughout his campaign, the former senator has been pushing for food security, lower prices of food, and a proposed free breakfast program to address education woes.

Recently, he also received the endorsements of the Jesus Is Lord (JIL) Church and the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), the official political party of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Pangilinan, accompanied by his wife Megastar Sharon Cuneta, is set to hold a campaign rally in Cebu province on Wednesday, May 7. 

They will be joined by celebrities namely Gary Valenciano, Pinky Amador, Piolo Pascual, and Kuh Ledesma, among others, to show their support for the former senator’s comeback Senate bid. OPM rock band Rivermaya will also make a stage appearance in the rally.

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