Gringo, JV Ejercito to run for Senate under NPC in Eleksyon 2022 —Sotto

Information and Communications Technology Secretary Gregorio Honasan and former senator JV Ejercito will both be running for senator in the coming elections, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Monday.

Sotto said Honasan and Ejercito will be running under the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), which he chairs.

"As of now, that’s what I heard," Sotto told reporters. "Greg has always been an independent but adopted."

Asked for confirmation, Ejercito said: "Wanted to run because of my advocacy and unfinished business, and if funds are permitting."

"I wanted to continue what I have started," he added.

GMA News Online has also reached out to Honasan for comment.

Over the weekend, Sotto disclosed that former senators Loren Legarda and Chiz Escudero would run as NPC senatorial candidates.

Legarda currently serves as a House deputy speaker and the representative of the lone district of Antique, while Escudero is the governor of Sorsogon province. — BM, GMA News