De Lima, Risa reject unity ticket with Marcos camp

Former senator Leila de Lima and minority Sen. Risa Hontiveros thumbed down yesterday a possible team-up with the Marcos bloc for the creation of an anti-Duterte unity slate as proposed by former senator Antonio Trillanes IV.

- JOSE RODEL CLAPANO, Marc Jayson Cayabyab

De Lima, spokesperson for the Liberal Party, told "Storycon" on One News that the LP would stay as the opposition and field its own senatorial slate in the 2025 midterm elections.

"On the part of the LP, there is no such alliance," De Lima said.

She said the LP could not enter into any coalition with the Marcos bloc because it would run counter to the party's principles as a political opposition.

"We are the opposition. Sen. Risa Hontiveros is now considered as the head or the leader of the opposition. No, we are not going to do that because we are forming our own slate. We are the opposition," De Lima said.