Kris Aquino: Filipinos deserve healthy public servants
Movie and television personality Kris Aquino said she is having second thoughts about pursuing a career in politics, saying she is unfit to run because of her health. "What I have is not curable. I have accepted that. It has no cure. You have to deal with all the symptoms and you can deal with everything that goes with it," said Kris, during a press conference in support of the candidacy of Sen. Bam Aquino who is seeking Senate re-election during a press conference held in Quezon City April 22. Timi Aquino, wife of Bam, also expressed the candidacy of her husband. In October 2018, Kris was diagnosed with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU), which, according to novartis.co.uk "is a serious, chronic and distressing skin condition that is difficult to diagnose and manage." Kris added: "You cannot control it but it will be forever be there." The daughter of former President Cory Aquino said that public servants should be healthy. ...