touts the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas slate as a line-up not associated with the bloody war on drugs and other controversial actions taken by the past administration, does Vice President Sara Duterte’s endorsement of some candidates say otherwise. “On the part of the Alyansa slate, we think this only shows how rough their version of unity is, because at the start of the campaign the sitting President is claiming that their slate is not tainted with any connection to bloody hands, to killers, something like that,” Manuel said in Filipino. At the start of the campaign season for the 2025 midterm elections, Marcos shocked observers by taking a more aggressive stance against his predecessor, former president Duterte, and the lineup that he is endorsing. At Alyansa’s proclamation rally at the Centennial Arena in Ilocos Norte last February 11, Marcos said that none of the senatorial candidates in Alyansa are associated with Oplan Tokhang, the Duterte administration’s house-to-house campaign against illegal drugs. READ: Marcos on admin slate: They’re not tainted by tokhang, Pogo, pro-China Marcos also claimed that no one from their slate is tainted by the corruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, by a pro-China stance, and by the illegal activities surrounding Philippine offshore gaming operators. Read Full Story
