Former senator and senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan believes that a last-minute push for his candidacy will win him a coveted Senate seat in next week’s polls.


Speaking on a pick-up truck that turned into a makeshift stage in front of the Ilocos Sur Provincial Capitol on Thursday, May 8, the former senator explained how some 20 percent of voters will decide who to vote for on Election Day itself.


“Walang bibitiw. Tuloy-tuloy ang pagkukumbinsi. Sa totoo lang, base rin sa research hanggang 20% po ng botante hanggang sa araw ng halalan hindi pa magde-decide. Doon na lang sa araw ng halalan sasabihin, ‘Teka nga muna, sino nga ba ang ating senador?’,” he said.


“Kaya kinakailangan puntahan pa sila, mag-marites na wag maniwala sa kasinungalingan. Doon lamang sa katotohanan,“ he added.


With only two days left to the campaign period, Pangilinan will be barnstorming northern Luzon today, with his first stop in Ilocos Sur, where he said he won in the last three times he ran as senator.


“Pito hanggang walo ang naglalabanan sa huling tatlo o apat na slot kaya sabi nga nila, it’s neck-and-neck at dahil neck-and-neck, pwe-pwede pa ba na tuloy-tuloy pa natin ‘yung pagkukumbinsi dito sa Vigan, dito sa Ilocos Sur?,” he asked his supporters.


Running on the platform of food security and lower prices of food, the former senator plans to further intensify his campaign in the remaining days to Election Day.


His Luzon caravan will make stops in Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan on May 8 before proceeding to Tarlac and Pampanga on May 9, and finally, in Bulacan and Quezon City on May 10, the last day of the campaign period.