Marcos party joins forces with Villar’s NP
by Katherine Evangelista
from INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) The opposition party Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL), led by Ilocos Norte Representative (2nd District) Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. sealed an alliance with the Nacionalista Party (NP) Friday.
Similar to a traditional wedding in the north, Marcos, only son of the late president Ferdinand Marcos, gave NP standard-bearer Senator Manuel Villar a salakot, a native headwear, after the formal signing of the agreement forging the alliance at the NP headquarters in Laurel House in Mandaluyong City.
In a brief speech, Marcos, who is seeking a senatorial seat in 2010, likened the alliance to a “wedding.”
“When couples are asked about their wedding, all of them remember where they were married, all of them will remember when they were married, but if you ask further, sometimes, they have forgotten why they have married. This marriage that we are watching today we may forget when it happened, where it happened, but always rest assured we will not forget why this marriage happened …
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Exactly what does Imee mean by, “…a season of frogs…”? Aside from frogs’ propensity for jumping…is she hinting at a political party whose acronym is…”PaLaKa”?! If these are the frogs that will hop on board the NP bandwagon, then…it only means a Villar victory will give us more of the same. Diyos ko po!
Addi Batica
Minneapolis, MN