FEBRUARY 26, 2020
ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro at the Committee on Public Information’s initial deliberation of measures imposing penalties for the distribution of false or fake news, misinformation, mal-information or disinformation in Congress INQUIRER PHOTO/LYN RILLON
MANILA, Philippines — ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro will run for senator in the 2025 elections.
In a video clip provided by her office on Thursday, Castro was seen speaking at the 42nd anniversary of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Wednesday, when she announced that she was accepting the request for her to run for senator.
Castro, a deputy minority leader in the House of Representatives, was asked to join the senatorial race by fellow teachers.
“We want, through the Makabayan [bloc], to have alternative candidates for the election because we do not feel that the political spat between the ruling class is enough Marcos versus Duterte and other opposition candidates, but we want to push for true change, a Makabayan alternative to those running for senator,” she said in Filipino.
“With that, I am accepting the challenge given by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers to our people,” she added.
Castro is on her third term as ACT Teachers party-list representative, which means she will be restricted from seeking a fourth stint due to term limits. She is the latest to announce her plans for 2025.
Earlier, Vice President Sara Duterte, whom Castro has heavily criticized, said her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and her brothers, Davao Rep. Paolo Duterte and Davao Mayor Sebastian Duterte, would all run for senator.
READ: VP Duterte: My father, brothers will run for senator in 2025
Senator Imee Marcos also reiterated last Monday that she would seek reelection and would not run for Manila’s mayoral post.
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