MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. wants to veer away from his father’s kind of leadership to distance himself from the dark years of Martial Law.
“I no longer think like that. I no longer think about what my father has done and what he has not done…Whatever he has done or has failed to do really does not come to it because we live in a different world now,” said Marcos.
Marcos also said the solution for the country’s problem should be different from how it was before.
“The problems that we face may be the same, but the solutions will have to be different because we live in a different world under a different political and economic system. There’s no purpose in trying to compare,” he said in a report by Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Marcos, the running mate of presidential candidate Miriam Defensor-Santiago, said the country must move forward from what happened 40 years ago and “look at the problems in light of today.”
When the EDSA Revolution toppled down the dictatorial leadership of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Bongbong, his sister Imee, and mother former First Lady Imelda, returned back to power holding key elective posts.
Imee is the current governor of Ilocos Norte and Imelda is the representative of Ilocos Norte’s 2nd district.
The recent elections clearly shows that people still want Marcoses to be leaders.
Marcos and Sen. Santiago are still in the process of finalizing the “nuts and bolts of their campaign,” including their senatorial lineup.
Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez and Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno are included in their senatorial line up and still wooing boxing champ Manny Pacquiao to join their lineup.