MANILA- Former Senator Lito Lapid and his son Mark are eyeing a political comeback in next year's elections under the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) party.

Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III, the party's senior adviser, said the father-son tandem took their oath as new NPC members Thursday morning at the party's headquarters.

The older Lapid, who hails from the Lakas-Kampi party, is planning to run for a Senate seat anew while his son Mark will run for mayor in Porac, Pampanga.

Mark served as governor of Pampanga from 2004 to 2007.

Aside from the older Lapid, Senator JV Ejercito is also scheduled to take his oath as NPC member next week, Sotto said.

Ejercito previously said he chose to transfer to NPC to avoid a possible clash with his half-brother, former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada who is reportedly planning to make a political comeback next year.

Ejercito used to be a member of his father, former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada's Partido ng Masang Pilipino.