Most of the 215 congressmen, including President's son and Ilocos Norte Representative Sandro Marcos were once part of the Alyansa Duterte Bongbong (Aldub) and the now defunct Marcos Sara Duterte alliance who rallies across the country to unite the so-called Solid North and Solid South, the convenor alliances said on Friday.
Benito Ranque, lead convenor of the now defunct Marcos Sara Duterte Alliance (MASADA) told the DAILY TRIBUNE that presidential son Rep. Sandro Marcos has actively campaigned for Aldub in 2016 election for the Duterte Marcos tandem and also in the Masada in the 2022 Presidential elections.
He said most lawmakers particularly in Mindanao also took part in the Run Sara Run for President movement before the 2022 elections.
“It’s ironic that those who urged the Mayor Sara Duterte to run for President are now the same people who signed the impeachment complaint against her,” Ranque recalled.
He said even Speaker Martin Romualdez has joined the unity Caravan of Marcos who was running as Vice President during the 2016 election and personally met with the Dutertes before the May 2016 elections.
Ranque has earlier declared that the impeachment of Vice President Sara is “a blessing in disguise” to the nine senatorial candidates of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP Laban as shown in the recent campaign sorties n Cebu, Bukidon, Misamis Occidental and other parts of the county.
He said at least three of the PDP Laban candidates Sen. Bong Go, Bato Dela Rosa and former Senator Manny Paquiao are now in the in the Magic 12 of the latest Social Weather Station survey.
Paquiao was not included in the nine senate bets of the PDP Laban but he was the former President of the PDP Laban faction led by Senator Aquilino Pimentel.
Ranque said majority of the candidates in the magic 12 supported the Marcos Duterte alliance in the 2016 and 2022 elections where then Senator Bongbong Marcos and then Mayor Sara ran as tandem and won a landslide 31 million votes.
Although he said the impeachment sealed the breakup of Marcos Duterte alliance it’s a blessing in disguise to PDP laban candidates as shown in the massive support in the rallies of PDP Laban in Cebu, Bukidnon and Misamis Occidental.
Ranque explained that MASADA, which was originally the Mayor Sara Duterte Alliance, was renamed the Marcos-Sara Duterte Alliance after she finally agreed to become the running mate of President Marcos in the 2022 election.