Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) – Five senators have already expressed their respective bids to run for higher posts.
If Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan will be taken into the equation, that would make them six.
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But after the elections, who among them really have a position to go back to in the Senate?
Five out of six senators have seats to retain in the government if they lose in 2016 elections.
Senators Grace Poe, Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV, Alan Peter Cayetano, and Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan will all be able to go back to Senate and finish their respective terms until 2019.
Only Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., a first-term senator, whose term will end on 2016, will not be able to get an elective position after 2016 elections, should he be unsuccessful in next year’s elections.
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Marcos said, he could have chosen to run for re-election, but he decided to run for higher office.
Marcos believes running for one of the highest positions in the land is a matter of destiny.
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Poe can still run for a re-election on 2019 as first termer. While Escudero, Cayetano, Trillanes, and Honasan, whose terms will end on 2019, can run for other elective positions.
There are 24 seats in the Philippine senate.
Each senator have a 6-year tenure per term and allowed to serve up to 2 consecutive terms. Twelve are elected every 3 years to ensure continuity of the body and of legislations.
When the Senate was restored in 1987, all 24 senators elected served until 1992.
