Reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos says Vice President Sara Duterte’s support for her candidacy is not a ‘reward,’ for leading the Senate probe into the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court.
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00:00Re-electionist Senator Aimee Marcos says Vice President Sara Duterte's support for her candidacy
00:06is not a, quote, reward for leading the Senate probe into the arrest of former President
00:10Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court. She adds the endorsement is due to their
00:15friendship. This after she secures Duterte's endorsement following her exit from her brother's
00:20slate, Alianza para Sabagong Pilipinas. In a 32nd campaign advertisement posted on Monday,
00:25April 14, Duterte appeared with Senator Marcos urging public support for the Senator's bid.
00:33The two also exchanged lines about the government's alleged neglect of basic national issues in favor
00:38of politics and power. The campaign video is posted on our Facebook page with the hashtag, quote,
00:44Hashtag Itim, Indai trusts Aimee Marcos. Marcos also shifts her theme from red to black,
00:50implying mourning. The endorsement comes as the Senator's numbers continue to drop in
00:54pre-election surveys. Senator Robin Padilla, the President of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino,
01:00Lakas Nambayan, also endorsed her Senate bid. But the party has yet to say if it will support
01:04Senator Marcos' bid.