Senate President Vicente Sotto III has announced that the leaders of his Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) party will meet to prepare for the upcoming 2022 presidential elections.
According to Sotto, they are still mourning the NPC for the passing of their founder and “kingmaker” Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco in June.
“We are doing well, still grieving for our loss, but we have met some of our leaders already. Ang usapan namin originally kasi was after the 40th day of Ambassador Danding. The leadership will meet again to focus on the continuation and the leadership of the party,” Sotto said at the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum.
“We are preparing for the 2022 elections, we will be meeting soon. Our leadership will be meeting soon,” he added.
Despite Cojuangco’s passing, Sotto said the NPC remains solid as a party.
“We have always been the second-largest political party who is not in power. We have never been in power since 1992, di ba? Pero pinaka-solid, bihirang [may] umaalis, unless tinanggal,” he added.
The NPC has three senators [Sotto, Sherwin Gatchalian, and Lito Lapid], 44 congressmen, eight governors, and several other local officials.
Sotto: NPC will meet to prepare for 2022 elections
Earlier, Sotto, his last term as senator, said he had not yet decided whether he would run for a higher position in the 2022 election.