Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Former senator Bongbong Marcos on Tuesday, October 5 has declared his plan to run for president in the 2022 elections.
The former senator is the son of late strongman Ferdinand Marcos and announced his 2022 plans via a social media video on Tuesday night.
Marcos said in a statement, “I know that it is this manner of unifying leadership that can lead us through this crisis, get our people safely back to work, for all of us to begin to live our lives once again, And that is why, I am today announcing my intention to run for the presidency.”
Marcos’ statement was directed at pressing issues in the country such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I will bring that form of unifying leadership back to our country. Hangad kong ibalik ang mapagkaisang paglilingkod na magbubuklod sa ating bansa,” he said further.
Earlier on Tuesday, Marcos joined the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas and took his oath as chairman. TNF