Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Monday hinted at the possibility of running for the Senate in the 2016 elections under the banner of the ruling Liberal Party.
De Lima revealed that she had “informal talks” with Liberal Party officials about her possible inclusion in its senatorial slate for next year’s elections.
However, De Lima said that nothing final or official has been set yet.
“The Liberal Party has not specifically or formally talked to me about it yet – only informal talks,” De Lima said in an interview.
The Justice Secretary also said that Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II, the presumptive standard bearer of LP, would often tease her about it.
In a Pulse Asia survey conducted in September last year, de Lima was among other personalities with a chance of winning a senatorial post if election were held that period.
In that survey, de Lima got a 35.3 percent rating landing her on the 11th to 15th place.
Topping the survey of potential candidates with a good chance of landing a Senate post are incumbent Senators Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. along with former senators Francis Pangilinan, Roxas and Panfilo “Ping” Lacson.