PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson has vowed to ignore bashers and "raise the level of discourse" during election campaigns and speaking engagements by purely focusing on issues the country is facing.

"Hindi kami magko-comment as much as possible sa mga makakatunggali namin. Ipe-presenta namin 'yung sarili namin, kung ano yung pwede naming gawin," Lacson said in an interview.

Lacson explained that they have agreed with his running mate Senator Tito Sotto to disregard bashers and not to resort to mudslinging and badmouthing fellow candidates, especially because most of their rivals are also their colleagues.

"Pag ganoon wag na lang patulan, ipaliwanag kung may dapat ipaliwanag, kung wala deadmahin na lang,"he said.

He also assured that should there be any similar incident in the future, it will be unintentional.

"Kung halimbawang maikumpara kami sa kanila, hindi sinasadya yun," he added.

Lacson said their combined 80 years in public service is enough to speak for what they are capable of doing.

"Pangunahin kasi sa amin, integridad at track record. Makikita naman natin sa ginawa namin sa aming public service ni Senate President," he said.