Sotto eyes return to music after term expires

Asked about his possible plans after stepping down from his post as the leader of the upper chamber on June 30, outgoing Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said he was looking forward to returning to his passion for music.

“This gives me the chance to re-establish my recording studio, for one. And then I will beef it up into a top recording studio again just like before. This time I’ll make sure that it will be the best in Asia like the one I had before. Kaya lang mas moderno na ngayon, mas hi-tech na, eh,” Sotto told reporters in a press briefing on Monday.

(This gives me the chance to re-establish my recording studio, for one. And then I will beef it up into a top recording studio again just like before. This time I’ll make sure that it will be the best in Asia like the one I had. But it will be more modern and high-tech.)

Sotto ran for the vice-presidency in the recently-concluded Eleksyon 2022 but conceded defeat to Vice-President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio.

“I could probably concentrate on the corporation that I am a member of, isa yun sa puwedeng asikasuhin na rin," he added. "Baka if they elect me as chairman now tatanggapin ko na. Dati ine-elect akong chairman eh hindi ko tinatanggap eh, so baka pwedeng tanggapin ko na.”

(I could probably concentrate on the corporation that I am a member of. Maybe they’ll elect me as the chairman and I will accept it this time. They elected me before but I refused.)

“And of course, I’ll have more time for the family dahil yung studio naman eh free-wheeling ang oras ko doon,” he said.

(And of course, I’ll have more time for the family because my hours in the studio are free-wheeling.)

Before entering politics in 1982, Sotto was an entertainer and musician. He was the composer behind “Magkaisa”, which served as one of the anthems of the 1986 People Power Revolution. — DVM, GMA News