Marcos finally gets endorsement of Laguna governor

BIÑAN CITY, Laguna: Presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has lastly secured the endorsement of Laguna Gov. Ramil Hernandez just a bit over two weeks earlier than election day.

Clad in purple and inexperienced shirts, 1000’s of residents and the largest political leaders on this vote-rich province gave their all-out assist to Marcos and his working mate Davao Metropolis Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio in the course of the UniTeam’s rally right here on Thursday evening.

Hernandez, who has been silent about his presidential endorsement, launched Marcos as “presidente nating lahat (everyone’s president).”

“Kami po, buong pamunuan ng PDP-Laban, kasama po ng iba pang mga partido na nandito, ay kasama po sa pagkakaisa para po sa iisang layunin. Ako po si Governor Ramil Hernandez. Bilang pangulo ng PDP-Laban Laguna, ang amin pong presidente at vice chairman ay si BBM-Sara (The whole management of PDP-Laban is one on this trigger. As president of PDP-Laban Laguna, our president and vice chairman are BBM-Sara),” the governor mentioned.

Hernandez, a stalwart of the ruling PDP-Laban backed by President Rodrigo Duterte, had publicly introduced his assist for Duterte-Carpio for the vice presidency and was even declared by the provincial board of Laguna as an adopted daughter of the province.

Laguna is the fourth most vote-rich province within the nation and is residence to greater than 2.04 million voters.

Marcos obtained the very best votes within the province within the 2016 vice-presidential derby, with 441,154 votes.