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Freddie Aguilar files COC for senator under Duterte party

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MANILA - Music icon Freddie Aguilar filed Thursday his certificate of candidacy for the 2019 midterm polls, seeking a Senate seat under the line-up of President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s party, PDP-Laban. This will be the &quot;Anak&quot; hitmaker&#x27;s first venture into politics.A supporter of Duterte, Aguilar claimed in 2016 that the President wanted him to head the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Its board, however, eventually chose National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario as its chairman.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/14/16/duterte-wants-freddie-aguilar-to-head-ncca">Duterte wants Freddie Aguilar to head NCCA</a></li></ul>Aguilar registered his candidacy just minutes after PDP-Laban president and Senator Koko Pimentel filed his own COC for re-election in the Senate.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Artist Freddie Aguilar second to file his certificate of candidacy for senator <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2019</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/rongagalac?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rongagalac</a> <a href="https://t.co/ugPivb67Zy">pic.twitter.com/ugPivb67Zy</a>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1050175144025415680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>The singer-composer, however, was not among the 7 candidates in the PDP-Laban&#x27;s senatorial slate that was later revealed by Pimentel.The line-up includes Pimentel, Duterte&#x27;s spokesperson Harry Roque, special assistant Christopher Go, and adviser on political affairs Francis Tolentino.Bureau of Corrections Chief Ronald Dela Rosa, Makati Rep. Monsour del Rosario and Maguindanao Rep. Dong Mangudadatu were also in the slate, according to Pimentel.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/11/18/harry-roque-bong-go-in-pdp-labans-senate-slate">Harry Roque, Bong Go in PDP-Laban&#x27;s Senate slate</a></li></ul>

Music icon Freddie Aguilar filed Thursday his certificate of candidacy for the 2019 midterm polls, seeking a Senate seat under the line-up of President Rodrigo Duterte's party, PDP-Laban.

Music icon Freddie Aguilar filed Thursday his certificate of candidacy for the 2019 midterm polls, seeking a Senate seat under the line-up of President Rodrigo Duterte's party, PDP-Laban.