{"id":54946,"date":"2015-07-09T16:20:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T08:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54946"},"modified":"2015-07-09T16:20:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T08:20:40","slug":"bongbong-still-weighing-his-options-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/09\/bongbong-still-weighing-his-options-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Bongbong still weighing his options in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senate committee on local government chairman Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. discusses many issues including a BBL committee report he is preparing and will be submitted for plenary debates after the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno Aquino III. With Sen. Marcos is Kapihan sa Manila Bay host and Philippine Star columnist Marichu Villanueva (Jelly F. Musico \/ PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 With just 11 months left before the next presidential election, Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. remains undecided whether to seek the presidency in the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n

\u201dI have not yet decided because it\u2019s not clear to me who is running with who,\u201d Marcos told the reporters in the weekly Kapihan sa Manila Bay at the Luneta Hotel on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Marcos said even his own political Nacionalista Party (NP) is still weighing options and so other political parties like the Nationalist People\u2019s Coalition (NPC) and even the ruling Liberal Party (LP).<\/p>\n

\u201dAlthough the LP is presumed to endorse Secretary (Mar) Roxas, they still haven\u2019t done it. NP has not made any declaration, neither have NPC. Neither have Lakas. None of the parties have taken a position yet. It\u2019s difficult to determine what is the political landscape,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

Marcos, son of the late former President Ferdinand Marcos, said the political party plays important role to any candidate seeking higher national positions.<\/p>\n

\u201dIf you will run for a national position, you cannot do it without strong machinery because I really consider the party machinery to be critical to any successful national campaign,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

Aside from Marcos, among the possible presidential candidates in the 2016 polls include Senator Grace Poe, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Roxas, and Marcos\u2019 partymate Alan Peter Cayetano.<\/p>\n

Vice President Jejomar Binay has announced several times his plan to run for the presidency in next year’s election.<\/p>\n

\u201dIf Grace will say \u2018I\u2019m running,’ like Duterte will say, \u2018I\u2019m running\u2019, that\u2019s the time things will start to fall into place and you\u2019ll know more or less what\u2019s happening,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

Marcos said NP president Manny Villar has decided to take a very circumspect stand on the situation, specially now that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has declared he will run for vice president \u2018with or without NP\u2019s endorsement.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201dWe (in the NP) talk all the time. The NP is quite solid, quite cohesive. We end up becoming the swing vote in many instances,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

Marcos said NP is expected to announce soon its political plans in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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