Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez. Contributed Photo (FILE)
MANILA, Philippines — Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez said Wednesday she has yet to decide whether or not she will run for a senatorial seat in the 2022 elections.
Torres-Gomez made the remark after being included in the possible senatorial line-up of the tandem of Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate President Vicente Sotto III as well as the senatorial line-up of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).
The Leyte lawmaker confirmed meeting with Sotto, who has earlier announced his vice presidential bid with Lacson as his runningmate, but said that she has not decided yet if she will pursue a seat in the upper chamber.
“During our conversation, he asked me if I was interested in joining the senatorial slate that he and [Senator] Ping [Lacson] would field during the 2022 elections. While I am keeping my options open in terms of running for higher office, I have yet to decide if I should do that or stay in Ormoc and serve my hometown,” Torres-Gomez said in a statement.
Torres-Gomez said she is grateful to be invited by Lacson and Sotto to join their slate.
“I feel honored to be included in their personal choice of senatorial candidates for 2022. They have presented themselves as candidates who, this early, already have an actual plan in terms of moving the country forward,” Torres-Gomez said.
“I admire their unapologetic, straight-to-the-point and confident pronouncements on how they would lead our nation under a new normal setting,” she added.
Torres-Gomez, who is a member of PDP-Laban, also thanked her party for considering her as a part of the senatorial slate.
“I will decide at the proper time if I would run for the Senate or not. There are many factors I must consider and evaluate before I make a decision,” Torres-Gomez said.
“And over and above that, we all have this pandemic to fight. All talks about elections is only secondary to that. We must unite and not just fight but win the war against Covid-19, as one,” she added.