“IT’S a free country. They’re allowed to do whatever they want.”
Thus President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Thursday about the reported plan of former President Rodrigo Duterte and his two sons to run in the 2025 senatorial elections.
Vice President Sara Duterte recently announced that her father and brothers, Davao City Representative Paolo Duterte and Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte, will run for senator next year.
Baste, the youngest of the Duterte siblings, is also eyeing the presidency in 2028, the Vice President added.
In a media interview Thursday, Marcos said it is still too early to talk about the 2025 elections or the 2028 presidential polls.
“We’re talking about 2028, dami pa pangyayari between now and 2028. And the only real situation will become clear sa October, sa filing (of candidacies),” the President said.
“Then we will see really kung tatakbo ba talaga, sino ba talaga tatakbo, sino, kanino sasama, which parties are involved, which parties are in alliance, dun lang natin makikita sa Oktubre so all of these announcements, tingnan natin kun matutuloy pagdating sa Oktubre,” he added.
Marcos is the president of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), one of the four main political parties that form part of the largely successful UniTeam Coalition in the 2022 presidential polls.
Aside from PFP, also in the coalition were Lakas-CMD, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) and the regional political party of Sara Duterte, Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP).
