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'Many applicants': Senators tease Vico Sotto about his love life

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/03/29/20200319-coronavirus-lockdown-pasig-sotto-jcanoy-3.jpg"/><figcaption>Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto monitors relief efforts for Pasig residents as the enhanced community quarantine remain imposed in Luzon on March 18, 2020. Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Several senators on Monday teased Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto about his personal life as the bachelor local chief executive visited the chamber to receive a commendation for his anti-corruption efforts.The 31-year-old mayor, who is being lauded for his anti-corruption and transparency reforms in the eastern Metro Manila city, earlier said he has never been in a relationship.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">WATCH: Senators tease Pasig City Mayor <a href="https://twitter.com/VicoSotto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VicoSotto</a> about not neglecting his “love life” while being engrossed in public service. Mayor Sotto’s uncle, Senate President <a href="https://twitter.com/sotto_tito?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sotto_tito</a> on his nephew’s love life: “Maraming applicants.” <a href="https://t.co/nDZ0JKrMoT">pic.twitter.com/nDZ0JKrMoT</a>— Kat Domingo (@_katrinadomingo) <a href="https://twitter.com/_katrinadomingo/status/1366301161049874436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>&quot;Honest to goodness public service sometimes can be a deep passion to many servants like us, that we are sometimes too engrossed in it with our devotion to serve the people na minsan nakakalimutan na natin &#x27;yung ating private life (that sometimes we tend to forget our private life),&quot; Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said in plenary.&quot;Kaya ang payo ko kay Mayor Vico, wag niyang kalimutan &#x27;yung private life lalong lalo na ang kaniyang love life,&quot; said Zubiri, noting that he got married at the &quot;late&quot; age of 36.(My advice for Mayor Vico is not to forget his private life especially his love life.)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/24/21/vico-sotto-named-anticorruption-champion-by-us-state-department">Vico Sotto named &#x27;anticorruption champion&#x27; by US State Department</a></li></ul>Mayor Sotto was seen chuckling in plenary as his uncle, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, dished out more details about his personal affairs.&quot;He&#x27;s got a long way to go, but I understand there are many applicants,&quot; the Senate President said.Mayor Sotto - son of celebrities Vic Sotto and Coney Reyes - has shunned from answering questions about his love life, saying politicians should not be treated as celebrities.&quot;It is definitely not newsworthy. If I knew it would get this much attention I just wouldn&#x27;t have answered,&quot; Mayor Sotto tweeted in 2019 tweet after he said in a TV interview that he has yet to find a suitable partner.&quot;If we want better governance, we should stop treating our government officials like showbiz personalities,&quot; he said.In 2019, the Pasig City mayor was linked to former volleyball player Gretchen Ho after the two were seen watching a game during the 30th Southeast Asian Games in Manila.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/12/04/19/are-they-dating-vico-sotto-spotted-with-gretchen-ho">Are they dating? Vico Sotto spotted with Gretchen Ho</a></li></ul>Sotto did not comment on the issue, but his parents said that the Pasig City mayor has yet to introduce a girl to the family.In a radio interview last year, Sotto said he hopes to get married &quot;before 40&quot;.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/05/01/20/matalino-and-easygoing-vico-sotto-describes-his-ideal-girl">&#x27;Matalino and easygoing&#x27;: Vico Sotto describes his &#x27;ideal girl&#x27;</a></li></ul>

Several senators on Monday teased Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto about his personal life as the bachelor local chief executive visited the chamber to receive a commendation for his anti-corruption efforts.

Several senators on Monday teased Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto about his personal life as the bachelor local chief executive visited the chamber to receive a commendation for his anti-corruption efforts.

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'Many applicants': Senators tease Vico Sotto about his love life

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Mar 01, 2021 09:05 PM PHT

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