"[5] He proposed crafting a good strategy to defeat the rebels, or extending President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's term.

[6] After Teodoro's announcement of his presidential candidacy, Gonzales served as the secretary of national defense again from November 2009 until June 30, 2010.

[7] Upon Teodoro losing in the 2010 election, he and Gonzales were originally seen to form the new opposition bloc to counter president-elect Benigno Aquino III.

"[11] Gonzales is the chairman and official nominee for president in the 2022 election of the Philippine Democratic Socialist Party.

A lifelong social democrat,[1][2] he insists on a "new and more politically mature approach to winning the nation's heart and its consent to govern.