“Sinabi ko na hindi. Pagod na ko,” Lacson said on GMA News TV’s State of the Nation with Jessica Soho on Wednesday, when asked if he has plans to run in the 2016 elections.
Lacson said he was even reluctant when President Benigno Aquino III asked him to head the rehabilitation efforts for areas devastated by Typhoon Yolanda.
“I do not like this job. Ang iniisip ko na lamang, you should feel proud and bless na you’re doing something you’ll be part of the noble cause. ‘Yun na lang ang consolation,” he said.
In December, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Lacson was Aquino’s only choice to head the rehabilitation efforts.
A Pulse Asia survey conducted last March showed Lacson as among the first choices for next president with two percent of 1,200 Filipinos queried.
Vice President Jejomar Binay topped the survey, receiving 40 percent.
Lacson ran for president in the 2004 elections. Before becoming a senator, he headed the Philippine National Police. —Amanda Fernandez/KBK, GMA News
