Dr. Liza Ong files Senate COC for cancer-stricken husband Willie Ong
Dr. Willie Ong holds his COC. —Photo from his Facebook page
MANILA, Philippines — Dr. Liza Ong, wife of cancer-stricken senatorial hopeful Dr. Willie Ong, filed a certificate of candidacy (COC) for her husband on Thursday.
In tears, she presented Willie’s COC before the media at the Manila Hotel’s Tent City. She, however, refused to answer media queries, leaving the task to her husband’s legal counsel Atty. Gilbert Lauengco.
“In so far as his health condition is concerned, he will be able to go back to the Philippines by [the] end of November and he will be able to physically campaign by December,” said Lauengco, adding that Ong was told by his doctors that his condition is treatable.
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Article continues after this advertisement“He plans to go back to do a limited physical campaign by probably December [to] January. He will do as much as he did last time by going to social media with a bit of physical campaign,” he later on added.
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Earlier, Ong revealed that he was battling sarcoma cancer. Ong was the running mate of then-presidential aspirant and former Manila Mayor Isko Moreno in the 2022 elections.
