Bongbong Marcos and the solid Ilocano ‘nation’

On Sunday evening, I sat briefly with the young Ferdinand Alexander (Sandro) Marcos during a small dinner with friends at the EDSA Shangrila hosted by Chita Romualdez Yap on the 86th birth anniversary of her famous former First Lady-sister Imelda Romualdez Marcos. Sandro is the eldest son of Sen. Bongbong and Liza Araneta Marcos. He recently charmed the campus crowd when he read his father’s speech on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

I tried to elicit a word about Bongbong running for President in 2016. I thought I was being discreet, but the young man turned out to be the real soul of discretion. “Do you see your Dad running in 2016?” I asked. “I really have no idea. He hasn’t said anything about it,” he said. “But would you not want him to become President?” I asked. “I guess I wouldn’t mind,” he said.