MANILA, Philippines?Even if he has his own accomplishments to boast, Ilocos Norte Representative Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. believes his name will also help carry him to victory in the 2010 senatorial race.

Like Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party (LP), whose rise in the political arena can be mainly attributed to his parents, the late president Corazon Aquino and former senator Benigno Aquino Jr., Marcos said he has benefitted much from the goodwill of his father, the former strongman Ferdinand Marcos.

"All my life I have benefitted from the goodwill of my father," Marcos said in a news conference Tuesday in the House of Representatives.

?It is a big advantage for me to have the name Marcos. The goodwill that remains for my father around the country is still very significant and I feel it when I travel around,? he said.

He said many of his father?s political allies have ?signified their intention? to help in his senatorial bid. ?That will be a significant source of support.?

Marcos will run for the Senate under the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) and is currently guest candidate of three political parties?Nacionalista Party of Senator Manuel Villar, Nationalist People's Coalition and the Pwersa ng Masa of former president Joseph Estrada.

The congressman, who ran but lost in the 1995 senatorial polls, said he was thankful the supporters of his father have stuck it out with them even after the late dictator was ousted in a bloodless people?s uprising in 1986.

"They were as enthusiastic and as competent and as good as ever and in that sense I don?t feel shortchanged in any way. On the contrary, I?m truly lucky that they still love and remember my father,? Marcos said.

Marcos, who faced reporters in a news conference with sister, former representative Imee Marcos, said he would choose within the week which party KBL would coalesce with.

He stressed the importance of having a machinery coming from one political party to help him in his bid.

Asked about the possibility of running under the Liberal Party of Aquino, he said he has yet to receive an invitation from the party.

Both Marcos and sister, Imee, said they were open to working with any political party except the administration party.