{"id":62541,"date":"2015-10-06T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=62541"},"modified":"2015-10-06T18:35:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T10:35:00","slug":"senator-marcos-announces-intention-to-run-for-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/06\/senator-marcos-announces-intention-to-run-for-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Marcos announces intention to run for vice president"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Senator<\/a>
Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Photo from Marcos’ website)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Contrary to his mother\u2019s wish, Senator Ferdinand \u2018Bongbong\u2019 Marcos Jr. announced on Monday his decision to join the vice presidential race in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have decided to run for vice president in the May 2016 elections,\u201d Marcos said in a press statement, a day after former First Lady Imelda Marcos reportedly told her son to run for president.<\/p>\n

Marcos said he will run as independent, denying speculations that he will run as running mate of Vice President Jejomar Binay or Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these talks of teaming up with certain leading presidential candidates have been mere speculations,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

Senator Marcos, son of former President Ferdinand Marcos, admitted that he flew to Davao City on Wednesday last week but only to consult with Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was gracious enough to promise me his support should I decide to run for vice president. I too will support Mayor Duterte if and when he runs for president,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

Marcos also said Binay invited him to be his vice presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were initial talks between our supporters. But any team up with the vice president must be rooted on a shared vision for our country, a common platform of government as well as political perspectives,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately it would be difficult for me to tame our political differences,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Marcos is expected to rely on the so-called \u201cSolid North,\u201d being a former governor and congressman from Ilocos Norte.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsequently, I have decided to put my political fortune in the hands of the Filipino people. I humbly ask them to judge whether or not I am worthy of their trust to be vice president on the strength of my performance as a public servant in the last 26 years,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor one thing, I believe that elected officials have an obligation to our people to help change the course of our nation\u2019s history by banishing the politics of personality which to me is one of the primary causes why our country today has become a soft state where the rich become richer, the poor become poorer, graft and corruption is endemic, the drug menace pervades, injustice is the norm and government incompetence is accepted as the new normal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

With Marcos\u2019 decision, three senators from the Nacionalista Party (NP) of former Senator Manny Villar will battle it out for the second highest position in the land.<\/p>\n

Earlier, NP senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Alan Peter Cayetano formally declared intention to run for vice president.<\/p>\n

Marcos made his announcement nine hours after Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo accepted the request of the Liberal Party (LP) for her to run as running mate of administration presidential candidate Manuel \u2018Mar\u2019 Roxas II.<\/p>\n

The entry of Marcos and Robredo brought the total number of vice presidential aspirants to five and still counting.<\/p>\n

Opposition presidential candidate Vice President Jejomar Binay is set to announce his running mate within the week, possibly Senator Gregorio \u2018Gringo\u2019 Honasan II.<\/p>\n

Senator Francis \u2018Chiz\u2019 Escudero completes the already five-man vice presidential race. Escudero is the running mate of Senator Grace Poe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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