2022 Philippine senatorial race

Piñol resigns from MinDA to run for senator

Oct 4, 2021 9:38 PM PHT

Rommel Rebollido

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Piñol resigns from MinDA to run for senator

From San Jose, Mindoro Occidental, LGU

He says he will file his certificate of candidacy on October 8, as nominated by the Nationalist People’s Coalition, the party chaired by Senate President Vicente Sotto III

Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Chairman Emmanuel Piñol has resigned to run for a Senate seat in the 2022 elections.

Piñol said on Monday, October 4, that he had tendered his resignation, which would be effective the following day, and that he would file his certificate of candidacy on Friday, October 8.

Piñol said he would run under the banner of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, the party chaired by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, who has declared his vice presidential bid.

In his resignation letter, Piñol thanked President Rodrigo Duterte “for the opportunity to serve the country.”

He said his friendship with Duterte would remain steadfast and never be affected by politics.

Piñol served as agriculture secretary from June 2016 until August 2019, before he was named MinDA chairman. – Rappler.com

Rommel Rebollido is a Mindanao-based journalist and an awardee of the Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship.