Bongbong aims to be different from dad
Senatorial aspirant and Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., who officially filed his certificate of candidacy (CoC) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday afternoon, said that he would rather not compare himself with his late father.
If he gets elected in the Senate, Marcos said he will be pushing for measures that are different from what President Ferdinand Marcos advocated.
"Hindi ko iniisip ang mga policy in terms of what my father did. That's not how I approach the problem...Ang mga problema na hinaharap ng Pilipinas ngayon ay iba sa problema na kinaharap ng bansa noon sa aking ama," Marcos told reporters.
The Philippines was under the Marcos dictatorship from 1972 to 1986, when many cases of human rights abuses were reported.
After they were deposed, President Marcos and his wife were charged with amassing ill-gotten wealth and stashing them abroad.
The 1986 people power revolt ousted Marcos and installed the late President Cory Aquino, mother of Liberal Party standard-bearer Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.
Marcos is running under Nacionalista Party (NP), whose presidential bet Senator Manuel Villar appears to be Aquino's strongest foe in the May 2010 polls.
Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo and Gabriela's Lisa Maza, who had intended to join NP's senatorial slate, dropped their plans when they learned that Marcos was adopted by the NP.
Ocampo and Maza both fought the Marcos dictatorship.
Accompanied by his sister, former Ilocos Norte Rep. Imee Marcos, Marcos filed his CoC separate from the rest of the NP candidates.
Feels proud to be a Marcos
Aside from pushing for reforms in education and improving the economy, Marcos said that he will fight graft and corruption in government.
Marcos said he expects that the issues which hounded his father's administration will surface again if he wins, but added that it will only be brought up by people with "vested political interests".
"I know the people are thinking of other things, not of what had happened in the 80s. Again, I do not think in those terms. You're trying to put me in comparison with my father. I don't compare myself with my father. I think about the problems as they come," he said.
He also added that bearing the "Marcos" name is not a liability, but an advantage in his political career.
"I feel proud and I feel lucky to be a Marcos," he said.
Marcos served as vice governor in his province in 1980, and was governor from 1983 until 1986. He represented the 2nd District of Ilocos Norte in 1992 to 1995, and returned to the House of Representatives in 2007.
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Noon may utang nga si marcos dahil marami syang project na ngayoy tinatamasa mo tulad ng total electrification,irrigations,education,maraming kalsada't tulay,mga hospital,agriculture,LRT,CCP,lung at heart center yung MIA na pinalitan lang ni cory ng NAIA,maraming batas na ginagamit hanggang ngayon at pati yong mga hero nating OFW ngayon sya ang nag-isip at nagsimula.Kung isa isahin ko lahat ng nagawa nya ay di magkasya dito at pagsamasamahin mo na lahat ng presidente magmula kay cory hanggang ngayon ala pang 20% sa nagawa nya.Noon panahon nya may utang sya at maganda ang ekonomya bat nong kay cory na sa parehas na utang bumagsak ang ekonomiya ultimo galonggong di nya napababa.Pagbagsak ng ekonomya di nakabayad ng amortization lumaki ng lumaki ang utang na ganon din sa mga sumunod sa kanya dagdag mo pa ang corruption nila.Ang sinasabi nyong ninakaw nya na billiones nasaan na?bakit hanggang ngayon ala pa ring napupunta sa gobyerno at walang nakulong nasan ang pruweba?Maganda pa ang buhay sa panahon nya hindi ka takot lumabas ngayon naglipana na ang mga holdaper at kawatan kasi mas marami na ngayon ang mahirap at walang didiplina ang mga tao.Ang martial law pro-mahirap basta sumusunod ka lang sa batas ala kang problema secured ka pa.Mga apektado lang non ay mga kontra sa gobyerno,mga NPA,Mga hasiendero na ayaw sa land reform ni marcos isa na dyan si ninoy na sumanib pa sa npa mapabagsak lang si Marcos.Masyado lang napulitika si marcos sinira sya ng mga kalaban nya.Ginawan sya ng paputok at ginawang sentiational ng media para matakpan yong mga nagawa nya at silay makapaghigante at ginamit pa ang mga tao.Kaya kung hirap ang nararanasan mo ngayon huwag mong isisi kay marcos isisi mo kay cory at yong mga sumunod sa kanya.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972 and with that, he ruled the nation with an iron hand, violated our human rights, looted the country and most importantly, mismanaged the country that resulted in BILLIONS IN DEBT that until now the Filipinos and their generationS have to pay.
Not acknowledging any mistakes done by his parents is acknowledging that the MARCOSES DID NOTHING WRONG WHILE THEY ARE IN POWER.
Now, Bongbong and all his relatives are ENJOYING LIFE FROM THE FRUITS OF THEIR YEARS OF CORRUPTION.
WE SHOULD NOT LET ANOTHER MARCOS TO TELL US WHAT WE NEED!!!
WE HAVE ENOUGH SELF-PROCLAIMED MESSIAH FOR THAT!!!
WHAT THE COUNTRY NEED IS JUSTICE FROM MARCOS' YEARS OF ABUSE!!!
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MARCOS AGAIN!!
Ano ba yan!!!!!!! Namatay lang si Cory naglutangan na naman itong mga Marcoses na ito.
Bongbong
Bayaran niyo muna ang mga biktima ng karahasan noong panahon ng Tatay mong diktadura at isauli ang mga yaman ni kinurakot ng pamiliya mo bago mo sabihin na proud ka sa pangalang Marcos. Hindi ko makakalimutan ang mga karanasan ko noong panahon ng Tatay mo at lalo na noong Martial Law.
Proud, eh? Yes, you must!
"I feel proud and I feel lucky to be a Marcos," he said. - How could you feel otherwise with all the millions of dollars robbed from people by your great parents for you? With nothing but all the comforts in life?
How could you feel otherwise if you've never been one of the millions of street children enduring. ignoring the coldness of our street sides while sleeping with only newspapers are their shields? You've never had to sniff rugby just to temporarily forget your hunger, the pain and helplessness brought upon by your father.
You are spared from the SEVERE poverty your effing father has brought upon us. Instead, you've continue to live luxuriously with all the ill-gotten wealth left for you.
so, continue to be proud, Bong! Indeed, you are lucky. SHAMELESSLY LUCKY.
yeah. you are proud to be the
yeah. you are proud to be the son of one of the worst dictator the world has ever known. Marcos name is now part of history. This name is now attached to dictatorship, extravagance, corruption, ill gotten wealth, injustice...kaya baon na ang pilipinas sa utang dahil sa tatay mo. pinaganda nga niya ang manila pero sa utang lahat nanggaling yon! at knurakot pa.....kaya ang sarap ng buhay mo.....habang ang daming hindi kumakain sa pilipinas....mga ilocano lang naloko nyo....
Sinungaling ka rin!
Sa patuloy na pagtanggi ng pamilyang marcos na marami silang inosenteng pinatay noong martial law, at kayamang kinulimbat, hindi sila naiiba sa hayop nilang ama.
Bongbong: "kailan ba namunga ng bayabas ang santol?"
USELESS
That will be useless if you won't be different from MOM.
USELESS
That will be useless if you won't be different from MOM!
Marcos Never Again!
If I were you Mr. Marcos dapat sa probinsya na lang kayo tatakbo dahil dun lang kayo mananalo. Filipinos never forget what your family done to our history.
Nagkandahirap yun bansa natin dahil sa ginawa ng ama mo kaya ngayun hindi na makabawi ang Pilipinas sa utang natin sa World Bank. Kung may natitira pa kayong kahihiyan dapat huwag munang ituloy yun pagtakbo mo sa senator dahil hindi ka iboboto ng mga filipino NAGISING NA SILA!