It’s more of a presidential slate than an administration ticket for the senatorial elections in May. On the eve of the start of the campaign for national candidates, the Duterte administration still had no full slate for the 12 Senate seats up for grabs in the midterm elections. The four PDP-Laban candidates he is endorsing are his former aide Christopher Go; his former national police chief Ronald dela Rosa; his former political adviser Francis Tolentino; and Maguindanao Rep. Zajid “Dong” Mangudadatu. Panelo said the President had come up with his own senatorial slate although he was chair of PDP-Laban because it was his personal preference. In the case of Estrada, Panelo said the son of former President Joseph Estrada had not yet been convicted of plunder.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 11, 2019 23:26 UTC