{"id":21318,"date":"2014-08-09T10:59:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T02:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=21318"},"modified":"2014-08-09T15:23:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T07:23:25","slug":"bongbong-for-president-imeldas-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/09\/bongbong-for-president-imeldas-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Bongbong for President – Imelda’s dream"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA — Former first lady and now Ilocos Rep. Imelda Marcos dreams his son to become the president, according to Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, that\u2019s her dream. If she could nominate me for the position of pope, she would,\u201d he said in a Philippine Star report.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not wake up in the morning thinking about it, and I do not go back to sleep at night thinking about it. There is so much to be done now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The senator made the statement when asked about the rumors that he is planning to run for president in the coming 2016 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother generally thinks in political terms because that has been her life,\u201d he said, adding that one cannot prevent a loving mother from pursuing her aspirations for her son.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has been dreaming that since I was born… The first time I heard it, I was three years old… It\u2019s not a question of pagbibigyan mo or what. I mean, you know, who can predict the future?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Marcos, however, said that he had learned from his observations of people who have been in power adding that he has a better idea of serving the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have seen the presidency from the different side more than the other people have\u2026 people only see the grandeur of it and the power wielded by the president. I wish I could do that, but I have also seen the other side of it, and I have a more balanced idea,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no use being a president if you are not going to be a good one. It\u2019s very hard,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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