NANINIWALA si House majority leader Martin Romualdez na malaking bentahe pa rin sa mga botante ang apelyidong Marcos.
“I’m a Romualdez first and obviously I’m related (to the Marcoses) and I’m proud of the relationship,” aniya sa isang panayam.
“The relationship has always been a good relationship in terms of not just familial, but personal relationships, even politically. The Marcoses are still a very big name in politics, and having them with you is always a plus,” dagdag niya.
Matatandaang sinabi ni Romualdez, pamangkin ni dating Fist Lady Imelda Marcos, na pinag-iisipan pa niya kung tatanggappin o hindi ang endorsement sa kanya ni Pangulong Duterte bilang vice president sa susunod na eleksyon.
“I don’t want to preempt all of our friends who are thinking of filing. It might be presumptuous of me to even suggest my name at this point,” paliwanag niya.
Samantala, nakipag-alyansa na ang partido niyang Lakas-CMD sa Hugpong ng Pagbabago ni Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.
Hindi naman niya sinabi kung magta-tandem sila ni Carpio sa 2022 elections.
“Obviously, the alliance is with HNP, so that will be the priority. I’ve not had many conversations with other parties with respect to this development,” paliwanag ni Romualdez.
“But we’ll keep our options open and we’ll see how things come along. But the likelihood will obviously be with our allies at the HNP,” dagdag niya.
Hindi rin sinabi ni Romualdez kung si Carpio ang magiging standard-bearer ng Lakas-CMD, kung saan siya ang presidente.
“We don’t want to preempt her. We don’t want to preempt the HNP. Definitely, what we have as the priority is just to build the alliance and to make sure that it will help put in the right national candidates in the right positions,’ aniya.
