Leila de Lima says she believes she has better chances of winning as a party-list representative rather as a senator
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Former Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat and former Quezon representative Erin Tañada are also nominees of the party. “My conviction remains unshaken that the Filipino people deserve better. ML represents the marginalized, those left behind by a system that ignored them. We are here, we are offering ourselves once again for public service — we, nominees congressman Ted Baguilat and Erin Tañada — to be the voice, a strong voice of the marginalized and to fight for true representation,” De Lima said in a mix of English and Filipino.
De Lima also said that she believes she has a higher chance of winning at the House as a party-list representative rather than at the Senate. “I cannot attain full vindication if they are not held accountable for what they did to me — false prosecution, fabrication of evidence — but that is not our main objective in running and becoming a part of the public sphere again. Because I will be working for justice, but more for justice for everyone else,” she said.
But after six years of dominating Philippine politics under the late Noynoy Aquino, the LP quickly found itself in dire straits. While its 2016 vice presidential candidate, Leni Robredo, pulled off a surprise win, it found itself struggling to find its
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