HIGHLIGHTS: Ping Lacson, Tito Sotto announce 2022 candidacy for president, VP

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate President Vicente Sotto III launch their campaign on Wednesday, September 8, making them the first tandem to formally announce their presidential and vice presidential candidacies in the 2022 elections.

The campaign is historic for another reason: It is the Philippines’ first taped campaign launch of a presidential and vice presidential tandem. Recorded and edited before airing, the Lacson-Sotto launch is a preview of election campaigns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The launch takes place at 11 am (Manila time) on Wednesday, September 8.

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LATEST UPDATES

Sep 7, 2021 5:04 PM PHT

CONTEXT: Lacson hits Duterte for ‘double standard’ in failed drug war

Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson took aim at President Rodrigo Duterte’s flagship program, his five-year-old war on drugs, and said it failed because Duterte employed a double standard.

Lacson, a former police chief, told Rappler the former Davao City mayor lacked consistency.

“Kapag kakampi, libre; kapag kalaban, tutuluyan. Hindi ka magsu-succeed kapag double standard ka,” Lacson said in Rappler Talk interview on August 11. (If it’s an ally, they’re free, if it’s an enemy, they go all the way. You will not succeed if you have double standards.)

Read the full story here.

Sep 7, 2021 5:00 PM PHT

WATCH: Rappler Talk with Ping Lacson on 2022 elections

Rappler’s Rambo Talabong sat down with Senator Panfilo Lacson, presidential bet in 2022, about his second bid for the presidency. This interview was aired live on August 11, nearly a month before Lacson and Senate President Vicente Sotto III formally announce their candidacies.

Watch the full interview here.

HIGHLIGHTS: Ping Lacson, Tito Sotto announce 2022 candidacy for president, VP