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March 22, 2010

Torch of leadership passed to Bongbong

from Malaya
http://www.malaya.com.ph/03222010/metro6.html


NACIONALISTA Party senatorial candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. formally accepted the symbolic torch of leadership of the Marcos forces in Philippine politics when he was feted at the Manila Polo Club by former cabinet members and colleagues of his father, the late former President Ferdinand Marcos, political leaders and supporters, former ranking officers of the Armed Forces and PNP, and members of the Marcos-Romualdez family clan.

The gathering was organized by Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) president and former presidential legal counsel Manuel Lazaro and former deputy executive secretary Ramon Cardenas as a rally of support for Bongbong’s candidacy.

Among the key personages from the Marcos administration were former Prime Minister Cesar Virata, former Central Bank governor and education secretary Jaime C. Laya, former agrarian reform secretary Conrado Estrella, former economic planning secretary Vicente ValdepeƱas, and former budget secretary Manuel Alba.

Estrella spoke of the passing of the torch to Bongbong, as he talked of Marcos I and Marcos II, and called on Bongbong to carry and build on the legacy of his father.

The Marcos-Romualdez family was led by Imelda Romualdez-Marcos, herself a former human settlements minister and governor of Metro Manila.

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