Senator Cynthia Villar (Senate file photo)
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Cynthia Villar on Wednesday declared her intention to run for mayor in Las Piñas City in the May 2025 elections.
Villar, who will end her second term as senator in June next year, is poised to run against her niece — incumbent Vice Mayor April Aguilar.
“I want to run for mayor kaya lang, may other considerations. We’ll see,” she told Senate reporters.
(I want to run for mayor but there are other considerations.)
Among these considerations is her husband, former Senate President Manny Villar, who wants her to return to the House of Representatives.
Her husband believes she would have more “value” if she is in the House.
But whose opinion will prevail?
“E di syempre, ultimately, ako,” the lady senator said.
She said she would make the final decision in October, in time for the filing of certificates of candidacy.
Continuing her advocacy and projects in Las Piñas is one of her reasons why she wants to run for mayor, according to the senator.
“May farm school ako sa Las Piñas. Mayro’n akong River Rehabilitation Program. Mayro’n akong Las Piñas-Parañaque Wet Land Farm. May drug rehab center kami dun. Madaming mga infrastructure (projects),” Villar pointed out.
(I have a farm school in Las Piñas. I have a River Rehabilitation Program. I have Las Piñas-Parañaque Wet Land Farm. We have a drug rehab center there – lots of infrastructure [projects])