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'I'll pray': Kris Aquino mulls running in polls after tiff with Mocha

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/06/06/060618-kris.jpg"/><figcaption>Kris Aquino. Photo from her Facebook page</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Actress and social media influencer Kris Aquino on Wednesday hinted at a possible foray into politics.This, as she attempted to end a word war with Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Margaux &quot;Mocha&quot; Uson over the latter&#x27;s recent Facebook post she found offensive because she felt it disrespected her late parents. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/06/18/mocha-wont-say-sorry-to-kris-this-is-not-about-you">Mocha won&#x27;t say sorry to Kris: &#x27;This is not about you&#x27;</a></li></ul>The actress said she would pray for the &quot;best&quot; thing to do given her large social media following—around 1.5 million on Facebook and 3.5 million on Instagram. &quot;Paano ko ba magagamit &#x27;yang boses na yan dahil nakikinig kayo sakin?&quot; she said in a Facebook live video where she made her supposedly final response to Uson.(How will I use that voice given that you listen to me?)Uson drew Aquino&#x27;s ire for posting a video of the latter&#x27;s father, Benigno &#x27;Ninoy&#x27; Aquino Jr., receiving kisses from two women before he was assassinated in 1983. She posted it in defense of President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s recent &quot;playful&quot; <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/05/18/roque-nothing-immoral-in-duterte-kissing-married-woman" target="_blank">kiss</a> with a married Filipina in South Korea. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/05/18/tama-na-sobra-na-kris-aquino-vows-to-fight-back-against-mocha-uson">&#x27;Tama na, sobra na&#x27;: Kris Aquino vows to fight back against Mocha Uson</a></li></ul>Citing how her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/krisaquino/videos/2043570205961704/" target="_blank">live video</a> on Tuesday got nearly 5 million views, Aquino said: &quot;maybe my voice matters.&quot; &quot;I have contracts that prevent me from running, contracts that I just signed but maybe we need a voice,&quot; she said.&quot;I&#x27;ll pray. I will pray about what is best for me to do,&quot; she added.Aquino, however, noted that maybe it would be better for her not to seek a government post so the public would continue to listen to her.&quot;Pero baka mas maganda na hindi nga ako humingi ng posisyon, hindi ako maging elected official para patuloy niyo &#x27;kong pakinggan,&quot; she said.(Maybe it would be better for me not to ask for a post, not to become an elected official so that you will still listen to me.)&quot;Kasi &#x27;pag naging parte na ako ng Senado sasabihin niyo naging kagaya lang ako nila. Eh ngayon pantay-pantay lang tayong lahat,&quot; she added.(If I become part of the Senate, you will say that I am just like them. But now, we are all equals.)Aquino is no stranger to politics with both of her parents having served in government, her slain father as a senator and an anti-Marcos leader, and her late mother Corazon Aquino as the country&#x27;s democracy icon and first female president.Her brother Benigno &quot;Noynoy&quot; Aquino III was Duterte&#x27;s predecessor. In the 2016 elections, she campaigned for bets of her brother&#x27;s party, the Liberal Party.