Gov. Imee Marcos on the legacy left by her father: It will 'stand on its own'

Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos is in the headlines recently- when she and brother former senator Bongbong Marcos was seen in the Panagbenga parade in Baguio few days back.

The eldest daughter of former President Ferdinand Marcos was controversial when she told reporters that there should be another Marcos in national office.

The Marcos family is currently awaiting the result of the electoral protest filed by Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., against Vice President Leni Robredo, and the uncertainty was certainly making the Marcos family thinking of sending another Marcos to run for national office. *

Ilocos Governor Imee Marcos (photo credit to owner)

“The electoral protest filed by Bongbong has not advanced so one of his other siblings may be forced to seek national office, like me,” said Gov. Marcos.

“That’s what the family is contemplating,” Imee said on Saturday during  the Panagbenga Festival in Baguio.

And now the governor, was forced to clear her statement, because some quarters speculated that the Marcos running for a national office is but a way of the family to restore the legacy left by their father.

The governor said she is confident that the legacy of her late father, former president Ferdinand Marcos will “stand on its own.”

Her decision to run for a national office in 2022 will have no effect on the legacy of her father.

“Yung pagtakbo sa political office, wala namang kinalaman sa legacy iyon,” she said.

Despite criticisms hurled against her family, Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos is confident that the legacy of her late father, former president Ferdinand Marcos will “stand on its own.”

Marcos added that her decision to run for national office in the 2019 polls will have no effect on the former president’s legacy.

“Yung pagtakbo sa political office, wala namang kinalaman sa legacy iyon,” Imee said.

 “Yung legacy, mananatili yan kahit ano pang gawin mo, kahit anong tumbling pa sa politika,” she added.  *

Imee said the accomplishments of the late president are proof of that legacy.

“Mananatili at mananatili yan sapagkat andiyan yung dam, yung irrigation, yung rural rectification, yung mga highway. Lahat yan mananatili eh.” The Ilocos Norte Gov. said.

“At the end of the day, his legacy will stand on its own and will be judged generation after generation,” Marcos added.

Report from PDI