Image from Senator Bongbong Marcos’ Twitter account
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Thursday confirmed that Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is her running mate in next year’s polls.
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Asked to confirm if Marcos is her running mate, the senator said: “Yes.”
“I think we mutually chose each other—our two camps. They happen to cross each other. Telephone lines happen to cross each other. It’s coincidental. One camp was calling the other,” Defensor-Santiago added.
The feisty senator announced her desire to run for the presidency on Tuesday in a book launching event. She hinted that her running mate has already filed his candidacy.
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About the same time of her announcement, Marcos filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections office in Intramuros, Manila.
Defensor-Santiago said that she will gun for the presidency as she has beaten her stage 4 lung cancer.
She added that she will file her COC on Friday. RAM
Originally posted: 10:59 AM October 15th, 2015