Bongbong’s wife backs Mike Keon candidacy

LAOAG City – Lawyer Liza Araneta-Marcos, the wife of Ilocos Norte Gov. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. has joined the political fray by publicly endorsing the candidacies of Board Member Michael Marcos Keon for governor of the province and that of Roland “Roy” Albano for Mayor of Laoag City. “I am supporting their candidacy because I know they will continue the development programs that my husband began,” said the media-shy Marcos.
“This is the first time I’ve gone on a house-to-house campaign and believe me, I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t believe in the cause. My husband is unopposed (us usual) so all he needs is one vote to win. But Michael (Keon) is running against Rudy Farinas and Roy (Albano) is running against Michael (Farinas) so the lines have been drawn. Kawawa naman everything my husband accomplished these last nine years if the leadership of the province falls into the wrong hands,” she said.

This was the first press conference that the governor’s wife gave in the nine years that her husband had served at the provincial capitol and she took the opportunity to respond to several allegations from the Farinas camp. When asked to comment on former Ilocos Norte on a statement of Gov. Rudy Farinas’ that the peace and order situation in the province had deteriorated because several mayors had been slain during Bongbong’s term, Atty. Marcos answered perpetrators of these alleged crimes have been brought to justice.