TACLOBAN
CITY, April 27 (PNA) -- Former First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos is largely
counting on votes from her town mates in Eastern Visayas for the successful
vice presidential bid of her son, Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
“I hope that
just like the former president Ferdinand Marcos and me who was united by
marriage, the solid north and Eastern Visayas will also be united in voting for
my son, Bongbong for vice president,” Marcos said at press briefing here
Tuesday.
Marcos was
in the city to support his son’s bid for higher posts as well the candidacy of
Romualdez clan– Rep. Martin for Senate, Yedda for representative of Leyte’s
first district, and Cristina for Tacloban mayor. Yedda is Martin’s wife while
Cristina, a former actress is Mayor Alfred’s wife.
Martin and
Alfred, who ruled the first district and the regional capital, respectively for
nearly a decade, are both Imelda’s nephew.
The former
first lady also endorsed Tingog Sinirangan, a partylist based in Tacloban
backed by the influential political clan.
The younger
Marcos had his campaign in the region over the weekend that concluded through a
grand rally Monday evening at the Balyuan Park in Tacloban.
Imelda said
that this year’s election is a significant one considering that someone whose
roots from Leyte will have the chance to run for the second highest office in
the country as well as the chance to put another province mate in Senate.
“We should
support our very own people from Eastern Visayas to help our region to be truly
represented in the national level,” Marcos said.
FFC/SQM/LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA/EGR
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