MANILA, Philippines--A Presidential aspirant, two military rebels elected senators and a jailed Army general hoping to follow suit: Could this foreshadow what is to come in 2010?

Known presidential hopeful Senator Manuel Villar, Senators Gregorio Honasan and Antonio Trillanes IV, and jailed Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim were seen in a rare gathering on Saturday, when they attended the wedding of Trillanes' brother Jay.

And when someone joked they were together to hatch a plot as they posed together for pictures, Trillanes, the youngest of the group, answered with a smile: ?May pinaplano para sa mabuti [We?re planning for something good].?

Villar, Honasan and Lim, jailed for short-lived uprisings in 2006 and 2007, stood as principal sponsors when Trillanes' elder brother, Jay wed Pia Jane Caba at the St. Ignatius Cathedral in Camp Aguinaldo.

In a rare chance to talk to reporters, Lim said he was ?seriously considering? seeking an elective post in May 2010, and that positions higher than Senator were also options.

Lim and Trillanes, both detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame, were given a day pass to attend the wedding but were guarded by police the entire time.

?I'm really seriously considering running for an elective post. Politics could serve as an alternative arena for me to pursue the same struggle for national reform and good governance,? said a barong-clad Lim.

When asked if the vice presidency was also a target, Lim told the Inquirer: ?It's a possibility, it's an option... depends on the realignment of forces. I said I'm seriously considering running for a national post, meaning it could be for senator or higher.?

He said several opposition groups have initiated talks for his possible inclusion on their May 2010 slates, but the decision on which invitation to accept would depend on his ?network of volunteers.?

?The decision is not just mine to make, I have a group so it will be a collective decision. Our timetable is to do it by the middle of October... on which party to join, on whose side we will align,? said Lim in an interview after the hour-long ceremony.

Lim said his volunteers, among them the Samahang Magdalo led by rebel soldiers involved in the 2003 Makati City mutiny, the Young Officers Union and the Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabansa, were planning a national summit in October to help him decide.

Steadfast on reform calls that brought him to jail, Lim said in reference to the upcoming polls: ?With a change in administration comes a change in political atmosphere. I am 100 percent sure that I will be out of detention.?

Asked about the general's plans, Villar said ?the more choices for our people, the better.?

?I don?t see anything wrong with his plan.... People know that he has a case so if they will vote for him, it shows that they like him despite that,? Villar added.

He said his party, the Nacionalista Party, was open to including Lim on its slate but the decision to join would be the general's.

?I am not discounting that possibility but that's one thing that General Lim has to decide on. But I see that he is a good general. The party's door is open for him,? said Villar.

Honasan said Lim must back his intentions with a clear platform.

?He has to have a clear program and plan for the nation,? said Honasan, also implicated in the 2003 Trillanes-led mutiny and leader of bloody coup attempts during the administration of President Corazon Aquino.

Will he support a Lim candidacy?

?In his program, if it's worthy, not in him as a person, because I know him. He was upright when he was in service. I'm sure he can serve the country very well,? said Honasan.