VICE presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto III maintained that he is focused on working with his running mate presidential bet Sen. Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson.

Sotto made the statement as he dismissed a projected tandem with presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

“I have not given it a thought. In my sphere we are working on the presidency of Sen. Ping Lacson,” Sotto said at the CNN Philippines Vice Presidential Debates, when asked about the possibility of him and Marcos winning the May 9 elections.

He also maintained that if he and Lacson will be elected, they will use their combined experience in public service to address the humongous problems the country is facing.

“After 30 years I think handa ako dito. So ganoon ang aking thinking…wala akong iniisip na kung iba ang mananalo at this point,” he added.

“With these, I believe we will lead by example,” he said.

Earlier, Lacson, who is running for president under Partido Reporma, similarly dismissed speculation of a tandem with Marcos’ running mate, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, stressing he will stick it out with Sotto as his running mate all the way.

Lacson added his team-up with Sotto “remains committed to uplift the lives of Filipinos by fixing the ills of government.”