00:00One day before the campaign of the candidates for Senator and Partylist nominees of the 2025 midterm elections,
00:06AGRI Partylist Representative Wilbert Lee formally withdrew from his run as Senator.
00:12At 12 noon earlier this afternoon, the Statement of Withdrawal arrived at the Commission on Elections in Manila in Libitbit.
00:19According to him, there is no influence of politics in his withdrawal and this is his personal decision.
00:26He said that he does not have machinery and that he does not have enough time to travel around the country.
00:30Even so, Lee still expressed his support to his fellow party members who are running and to his wife who is the first nominee for AGRI Partylist.
00:39According to Comelec, this will not stop the imprinting of balotas and even if Lee can still get a vote in the election, this will still be considered as stray votes.
