A DAY after Senator Panfilo Lacson Jr. and his running mate Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto III voluntarily took a drug test, former Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. presented the results of his own drug test. He was negative for cocaine.

Marcos’ Chief of Staff, Atty. Vic Rodriguez, submitted the results of the drug test to law enforcement agencies on Tuesday.

The move was made after President Rodrigo Duterte said that a presidential aspirant is using cocaine.

“I really don’t feel that I am the one being alluded to. In spite of that, I believe it is my inherent duty as an aspiring public official to assure my fellow Filipinos that I am against illegal drugs,” Marcos said.

“This is why I took a cocaine test yesterday and the result was submitted this morning to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the office of the Chief of the PNP (Philippine National Police) and the National Bureau of Investigation. Let me reiterate my assurance to my fellowmen, especially to the supporters of BBM-Sara Uniteam, that I am, and will remain, a vigilant anti-illegal drugs campaigner,” he added.

Marcos also urged his fellow candidates to voluntarily undergo drug testing.

“I’m calling again on all elective aspirants to take the drug test to ensure our people, particularly the young generation, that no elected leader is into illegal substances,” he said.