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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday presented the administration\u2019s 12 senatorial candidates for the 2025 midterm elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The presentation of the administration\u2019s senatorial slate was made during the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas Convention 2024 held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The lineup was composed of candidates from various political parties, including the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), Nationalist People\u2019s Coalition (NPC) and Nacionalista Party (NP).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Among the candidates are the President\u2019s sister, reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos from NP, along with her party mates Senator Pia Cayetano and Deputy Speaker and Las Pi\u00f1as City Rep. Camille Villar.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also included in the senatorial slate of the administration are former senator Manny Pacquiao, Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino who are members of the PFP.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President also endorsed Senator Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla Jr. and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo of Lakas-CMD.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also joining the senatorial ticket of the Marcos administration were Senator Manuel \u201cLito\u201d Lapid, former Senate President Vicente Sotto III, and former Senator Panfilo Lacson and Makati City Mayor Abby Binay of NPC.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marcos vouched for the competence of his preferred senatorial candidates, saying they would help him in achieving his goals for the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President expressed hope that the Filipino electorate would vote for them, as he guaranteed that the administration\u2019s lineup would stand up for Filipinos\u2019 interest, welfare and rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He stressed that with the alliance for a New Philippines, there would no longer be political rifts and division, especially during the election period.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Navotas City Rep. Toby Tiangco will serve as the Senate slate\u2019s campaign manager.<\/strong>The election period starts with the filing of certificates of candidacy on October 1 to 8<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday presented the administration’s 12 senatorial candidates for the 2025 midterm elections. The presentation of the administration’s senatorial slate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8837,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8835\/revisions\/8837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}