Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos has called on his party mates in the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) to start fielding a 12-strong Senate slate in preparation for the 2025 midterm elections.
Marcos, who serves as the House Senior Deputy Majority Leader, made the appeal during the party’s national directorate meeting held in Malacañang last Jan. 12.
“We all have to work double-time,” Marcos said in a statement. “Let’s take it all upon ourselves to take the initiative not just in ensuring the internal affairs of the party are in order; we need to
make our presence felt.”
He stressed the need for the PFP, chaired by his father, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, to come up with a winning Senate slate that would share the Marcos administration’s advocacies.
For his part, PFP President and South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo accepted Rep. Marcos’ challenge and that the party would be able to produce a ‘strong 12 Senate slate’.
PFP Secretary General Thompson Lantion, PFP General Counsel and lawyer George Briones attended the meeting, along with key PFP members, namely Reps. Richard Gomez of Leyte, Florida Robes of San Jose del Monte City, Primicias Aggabas of Pangasinan, Isidro Lumayag of South Catabato, Teody Tarriela of Occidental Mindoro, other delegates from Regions 1 to 13 and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Cordillera Administrative Region, attended the PFP meeting.
The PFP in a statement said the Jan. 12 meeting was facilitated by the Office of Special Assistant to the President and PFP Executive Vice President Anton Lagdameo.
President Marcos was the PFP’s standard bearer during the 2022 presidential polls, but the PFP did not field a Senate slate.
Rep. Marcos joined the PFP in August 2023.
