{"id":62860,"date":"2015-10-15T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=62860"},"modified":"2015-10-15T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:57:00","slug":"santiago-marcos-tandem-for-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/15\/santiago-marcos-tandem-for-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago-Marcos tandem for 2016?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Bongbong Marcos (Photo from Santiago\u2019s official Twitter account<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 After earlier expressing her interest to join the presidential race in next year\u2019s national elections, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago confirmed that Senator Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr. has been her preferred running-mate.<\/p>\n

Santiago has been set to file her certificate of candidacy (COC) on Friday at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) head office in Intramuros, Manila. Asked if she was willing to run alongside the son of late dictator Marcos Sr., the veteran senator uttered a resounding yes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we mutually chose each other, our two camps. We happen to cross each other, the telephone lines happen to cross each other. It\u2019s coincidental. One camp was calling the other camp,\u201d Santiago told reporters during her induction into the Philippine Judges Association Hall of Fame at Marriott Hotel on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Marcos, for his part, also admitted a \u2018possible alliance\u2019 with Santiago after a lunch meeting with her husband, former Interior Undersecretary Narciso \u201cJun\u201d Santiago. The senator earlier eyed a tandem with Davao Mayor Rodrigo \u201cRody\u201d Duterte who refused to run for president.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe discussed a wide range of subjects concerning the upcoming elections and spoke of possible alliances. We agreed to meet again soon,\u201d Marcos said in a Rappler report.<\/p>\n

Marcos\u2019 sister, Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, also hinted on the possible team-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiriam indicated that she likes Bongbong. Let us see. It was the first time I heard about it and I was surprised and very happy\u2026 They had meetings. Bongbong is her favorite. Even in the Senate, she is always talking with him,\u201d she said in a different report.<\/p>\n

Enrile surprised on Santiago-Marcos tandem<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile was surprised hearing reports that Santiago may be running alongside Marcos.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought about that. I do not know whether Bongbong would want to be a running-mate of anybody\u2026 Let us not use suppositions. We do not know. He has not selected anybody yet,\u201d Enrile said.<\/p>\n

Pressed for his opinion should the tandem materialize, Enrile would rather leave it to the Filipino people to decide but looks forward to Santiago\u2019s presidential bid.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not be here anyway, so bahala na kayo (it is up to you) at that point\u2026 I am afraid. She is too brilliant. She has been running for president for how many times already\u2026 Anyway, I was just joking. I thought she was sick of stage four cancer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[But] we\u2019ll see. There was nothing better to do except to run for president. If she was quoted correctly, I can base my assessment about the seriousness of her candidacy on the basis of her statement so I\u2019d rather keep my conclusion,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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