Liza Marcos on running for Senate: Parang ang layo niyan

First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos has dismissed speculations that she is preparing to run for the Senate amid her recent participation in an outreach program.

In an interview on the “TUNE in kay Tunying” online program posted on Friday, the First Lady brought up the topic when asked about allegations that she is planning to stay in Malacañang through the push of Charter change under her husband’s administration.

“My favorite is, ‘Oh I’m doing [outreach work for] Lab for All because I’m going to run for Senate.’ Sabi ko pati ba naman ‘yan nilagyan ng… kasi tatakbo ako, ganyan ganyan. Sabi ko parang ang layo niyan,” she said.

(My favorite is, ‘Oh I’m doing Lab for All because I’m going to run for Senate.’ I said even that they put a meaning… because I am running. I said that seems far-fetched.)

When she moved to Ilocos from New York, the First Lady said there were also people speculating that she was going to run for a local position when President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was the provincial governor.

“Nine years kami diyan, every election, kesyo na-suspend ito, tatakbo ako, either way, namatay, ako tatakbo. Gusto ko sabihin because I teach election law, alam mo kayo, hindi ako registered voter. Mag-isip naman kayo ng kaunti. Extend your brain just a little bit,” she said.

(We were there for nine years, every election, when someone was suspended, I will run, either way; someone died, I will run. I want to say that because I teach election law, you know, I am not a registered voter. Think a little. Extend your brain just a little bit.)

Asked if running for public office ever crossed her mind, she said, “To run? Me? I get the mayor’s name wrong. I can’t… You know, politics. Look at Sandro, magaling siya mag-, di ba, British. Ako, I just talk. I just joke and it’s the wrong way.”

(To run? Me? I get the mayor’s name wrong. I can’t… You know, politics. Look at Sandro, he’s good at British, right? Me, I just talk. I just joke and it’s the wrong way.) — VDV, GMA Integrated News