Former presidential candidate Montemayor files COC for senator

Former presidential candidate Joey Montemayor will join the political race once again, this time for senator in Eleksyon 2025. 

The lawyer-doctor said he believes he has better chances for next year’s elections following his presidential bid in 2022.

“‘Yung pagtakbo ko dati as president ngayon senator, this only means a continuing service for our countrymen,” said Montemayor.

(My senate candidacy means continuing service for our countrymen.)

“Mas malaki ang advantage dahil nakilala na ako. Ang health sector, nire-represent ko. Konti lang kami doctor na tumatakbo as senator… I think my chances now are better than before,” he added. 

(I think I have an advantage now because of my presidential bid. I also represent the health sector. I think my chances now are better than before.)

Montemayor filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Tuesday at the Manila Hotel Tent City at around 9 a.m. He will be running under the Partido Pederal ng Maharlika (PPM). 

Other senatorial bets under their slate are Sonny Pimentel and PPM Secretary-General Orlando de Guzman.

Meanwhile, asked about the circulating tarpaulins in support of his candidacy, Montemayor said "it came from volunteers."

Others who also filed their COCs for senators on Tuesday morning are former teacher and scholarship coordinator Janice Padilla and 44-year-old Felipe Fernandez Montealto Jr., who dubbed himself the "youngest senatorial aspirant."

—VAL, GMA Integrated News