Former Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson speaks to the media after announcing her resignation during a budget hearing at the Senate on Oct. 3, 2018. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA- Former Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson said Monday she would seek an elective post in the 2019 midterm vote.

"Tatakbo po ako (I will run)," Uson told reporters at the Senate. She did not elaborate.

Following her resignation from government last week, Uson said she was open to the possibility of running in the 2019 polls depending on what her supporters would say.

"Kung ano po ng mababasa kong comment sa Facebook, 'yung sinasabi ng supporters, doon, doon ko po titingnan," she said last week.

(It depends, I'll look at what my Facebook supporters will say.)

Uson runs the eponymous "Mocha Uson Blog" on Facebook, which serves as a platform for both supporters and critics of President Rodrigo Duterte. The page has 5 million followers.

- with a report from Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News