the una announced on august that former senators dick gordon and ernesto maceda were a part of their ticket, and that senator loren legarda would be one of the last three candidates yet to be named in their ticket. una spokesperson jv bautista also said that pimentel has taken a leave of absence as pdp-laban's presidency, and that pdp-laban will not be in pimentel's certificate of nomination as the latter is running under the liberal party. however, pimentel denied that he took a leave of absence from the pdp-laban presidency.