Bongbong preparing for ‘biggest decision’

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. yesterday said he is preparing for the “biggest decision” of his life in connection with the 2016 elections.

In an interview over radio station dzBB, Marcos said he is making his own political decision, although it is usually the political party that decides whether a candidate would run for president or vice president.

The senator said, however, he will wait for the final say of the Nacionalista Party before making any announcement about his political plans by September.

“It will come. Whatever decision I make would be the biggest decision in my life so I want to make sure that the decision is right,” he said.

The senator has previously maintained that he is open to running for higher office in next year’s polls.

He is reportedly being eyed by the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) as a running mate of its standard bearer, Vice President Jejomar Binay.

Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka (PMM) president Jose Malvar Villegas and lawyer Oliver Lozano, both Marcos loyalists, have launched a movement urging the senator to run for president in the 2016 polls.

Lozano said the Kilusang Bagong Liwanag (KBL) – whose acronym is similar with Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, the political party founded by Marcos’ father and namesake – will initiate a series of activities, including a rally at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan.

They will present to Marcos their endorsement for his presidential candidacy, said Lozano, who is also the spokesperson of the KBL-PMM coalition.

He also told The STAR that he is now initiating talks with other groups to support the presidential bid of the senator.

“If Senator Bongbong wins in the elections, then just like his late father, he will be a healing and unifying president,” he said.