Senator Bongbong Marcos. SCREENGRAB FROM CNN PHILIPPINES LIVESTREAM
A LEADER who unites, not divides.
That is how Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said of his term as vice president should he be elected as the successor of Vice President Jejomar Binay.
Marcos, during Sunday’s vice presidential debate, said that he will not act as a spare tire and that he would seek the post of Labor secretary in the Cabinet of the next president.
“Ang posisyon ng bise presidente ay hindi po spare tire. Dahil dito sa atin sa Pilipinas ang bise presidente ay may sariling mandato. Kapag ako’y naghalal bilang bise presidente, kikilalanin ko. Hindi po ako binoto para maghintay lang at maging spare tire,” Marcos said.
He said that he would stamp out contractualization and end-of-contract.
“Kung bibigyan po ako ng pagkakataon hihingin ko po na ako’y magpatakbo ng DOLE. Kakaunti lang po naman ang kailangan natin, marami na po ang matutulungan. Kailangan po nating itiyak ang mga programa para sa ating mga manggagawa [na] sa aking palagay ay nilalabag ng contractualization, 555 or end-of-contract. Kailangan pong itigil yan at ibigay ang proteksyon na nasa labor code. Bukod diyan ay proteksyon din para sa ating mga OFW,” the senator said.
He also disputed critics who have been pinning him on the sins of the dictatorship led by his father, Ferdinand E. Marcos.
In his closing statement, Marcos said that the country needs a leader who will look into the future not into the past.
“What the country needs now are better leaders, leaders that seek to unite, not to divide. Leaders that look into the future, not in the past,” he said.
“Kaya bilang bise presidente yan ang lideratong dadalhin ko. Lideratong pinagkakaisa ang sambayanang Pilipino at sabay-sabay na humaharap sa magandang kinabukasan,” he added.
During the debate, Marcos found himself at the receiving end of criticisms by his fellow rivals on issues such as political dynasties and human rights abuses.
The three-hour debate was hosted by CNN Philippines and BusinessMirror
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