Another Negrense runs for senator
MANILA – Another Negrense is seeking for an office in the Senate of the Philippines in the person of Atty. Alex Lacson.
Lacson is a lawyer, public speaker, former columnist of BusinessWorld and author of the book “12 Little Things Every Filipino Can do To Help Our Country.”
He is a native of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental where he studied his Elementary and High School.
Lacson is running under the ticket of Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino and Senator Mar Roxas tandem.
When asked why he chose Noynoy’s group he said he was looking for a candidate who would really capture the imagination of the people and at the same time is not a corrupt official in government, who is not abusive of power and someone who has a kind heart.
He recalled that sometime in August, his group asked if he can lead them to call for Aquino to run for president.
Then on Aug. 31 they went to the house of Aquino in Times Street in White Plains, Quezon City and put a yellow drum where people can put their letters to encourage Aquino to run for president, Lacson said.
On Sept. 21 Senator Mar Roxas withdrew his bid for president in favor of Noynoy and on Sept. 9 Aquino accepted the challenge, he said.
At that point in time, he thought he would not run but civil society groups kept mentioning his name, Lacson said.
They were pushing for a new name that could represent change and a new politics for the Senate slate of Aquino, he said and they floated his name in several Liberal Party meetings.
On Nov. 9 his name was included in the list of candidates for the last three shots and on Nov. 24, Roxas and Butch Abad asked him to run since they were looking for a new face who could represent hope and a new politics, he said. Aquino also convinced him to run, he added.
He said many of his friends believe that he would win because of the Lacson name, which he believes to a certain extent, is a political brand because of Senator Panfilo Lacson and former Negros Occidental Gov. Daniel Lacson and of the good Lacsons in other circles.
Lacson said he believes he is doing well in the survey despite the fact that they have no political advertisements.
