page_title: List of candidates in the 2016 Philippine presidential election
section_title: Panfilo Lacson
hierarchical_section_title: List of candidates in the 2016 Philippine presidential election / Declined candidacy / For president / Panfilo Lacson
caption_attribution_description: English: Senator Panfilo Lacson's profile photo, taken 2007
context_page_description: This is a list of candidates in the Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections of 2016 as of May 2, 2016.
context_section_description: Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas acknowledged that Panfilo Lacson is qualified to run in for president, but there have been no talks on the latter joining the Liberal Party. Despite of this, he said in February 2014 that he is "color blind" to politics and would rather focus on rehabilitating areas hit by Typhoon Yolanda.
  After resigning as presidential assistant for recovery in February 2015, Lacson, in a press conference at the Diamond Hotel in Manila, told reporters that he is "not planning, but contemplating" about running for the presidency. Aside from another presidential campaign, Lacson is considering a return to the Senate, while ruling out local politics. In April 2015, Lacson confirmed that he has the intention in running for president, although his final decision would depend on many factors, which he didn't elaborate. On a press conference at Baguio a couple of weeks later, Lacson announced his intention to be an independent candidate for president. A month later, Lacson said that he will announce his decision to run for president after the next survey is released. However, he will no longer seek to run for president, but instead he now focused on his possible return to the senate in the coming elections.
caption: Panfilo Lacson
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