THE TANDEM of Sen. Panfilo Lacson and Senate President Vicente Sotto III is not after the endorsements of public personalities, but made it clear they welcome such move if the opportunity is offered.

Lacson and Sotto stressed they will continue to campaign based on their own merits as they have much to offer the Filipino people in terms of solutions to the humongous problems facing the country.

“All endorsements are welcome, but we’re not actively seeking it. We’ll not resort to that but any endorsement is an addition, whether from the lowest barangay official all the way to the President,” Lacson said.

“Kagawian namin ni Senate President Sotto to do it on our own efforts. Kaya naman namin talaga, may public service record kami. Bonus na ang endorsement, but we’d rather stand on our own feet,” he added, pointing out the importance of self-respect and dignity.

For his part, Sotto said while an endorsement is welcome, votes matter most in the end.

“Endorsements are good but we need votes,” he said.

Lacson also likened an endorsement to respect, that it must be earned and cannot be demanded.
“Respect is something you cannot demand. You should earn it,” he said.

Meanwhile, Lacson said they are looking at “like-mindedness against corruption” as key factor as they continue to find ways to trim their senatorial lineup to 12.

“Like-mindedness, most especially sa anti-corruption, ‘yan ang aming primary factor. In my experience, if we solve corruption in this country, at least 50 percent of our problems will be solved,” he said.

“These are tough times. We need tough solutions coming from tough leaders. Kami ang tough leaders,” Lacson added.