Lacson says he will go home, serve family 'for a change'

Presidential candidate and incumbent senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday morning said he will just go home and serve his family "for a change", a day after the national and local elections were held.

"I’m going home. After being away too long looking after the needs of other people, it is time to serve my family for a change. Enjoying peace and quiet in these challenging times will probably be my life’s greatest reward," Lacson said on Twitter at 5:27 a.m.

Partial and unofficial count of votes as of 6:02 a.m. Tuesday representing 95.17% of the nationwide election returns (53,632,261 votes in out of 67,442,616 registered votes) as shown on the Comelec Transparency Media Server had Lacson in fifth place among presidential candidates with 865,831 votes.

Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is leading the partial and unofficial count with 30,303,899 votes.

Vice President Leni Robredo is in second place with 14,431,591; Senator Manny Pacquiao in third place with 3,463,654 votes; and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno in fourth place at 1,843,726 votes.

In an ambush interview on Monday after Lacson cast his vote in Imus, Cavite, the senator said he is not keen on joining the government should he lose the presidency.

"Sa ngayon, honestly, I'm not open to it. Pero ‘yan ‘yung isang sabihin nating mahirap magsalita nang patapos. Pero ‘yung last run? ‘Yon, patapos na talaga ‘yon—salitang patapos ‘yon," Lacson said.

(Right now, honestly, I'm not open to it. But that is, as we say, hard to say with finality. But a last run? That one is really final.)

In 2004, Lacson ran for president but lost to former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. —KG, GMA News