MARCOS to run for Manila Mayor...... Borgy Marcos Manotoc, that is!!!

This better be a joke.....


Borgy to run for Manila mayor
By Jess Diaz
The Philippine Star
10/17/2006



Former First Lady Imelda Marcos
has given way to her grandson Fernando Martin Marcos Manotoc,
better known as "Borgy,"
in the Manila mayoral race in next year’s elections.

This was revealed yesterday by Borgy’s mother,
Ilocos Norte Rep. Imee Marcos,
who announced earlier her mother’s planned candidacy
for Manila mayor.
Instead, Imee said her mother would be Borgy’s campaign manager.

In a statement,
Imee said her mother has convinced Borgy
to seek the post of outgoing Mayor Lito Atienza
"since he has lots to offer to the people of Manila,
particularly the youth."

"Borgy comes from Tondo.
His dad, sportsman Tommy Manotoc, hails from Gagalangin, Tondo.
Borgy’s grandparents are all from Tondo.
Borgy’s lineage and roots are all native residents of Manila,"
she said.

Borgy is the eldest of three sons of Imee
and former husband Tommy Manotoc
and is the Marcoses’ eldest grandchild.
His relatives on the La’O- Manotoc side
include the late Sen. Raul Manglapus.

A former first lady and Metro Manila governor,
Mrs. Marcos "still has a strong influence
and charisma among the people in depressed areas in Manila,"
Imee added.




If Borgy, 23,
born a few years before his grandfather Ferdinand Marcos
was ousted from the presidency,
tries politics as his mother announced,
he would enter a tight mayoral race in Manila
and be ranged against giants.

Senators Panfilo Lacson and Alfredo Lim,
Representatives Rodolfo Bacani and Joey Hizon,
former Rep. Mark Jimenez, and Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna
are all eyeing the Manila mayoralty.
An Atienza son could be another candidate.



His mother is now on her third and last term
as representative of Ilocos Norte’s second district.
She is planning to run for senator or governor.

Her brother,
incumbent Gov. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.,
will seek her congressional seat.

The government still has a lot of cases
against the Marcos family and their cronies
that are pending with the Sandiganbayan.

Since 1986 when people power deposed the Marcoses,
it has been trying to recover wealth
allegedly plundered by the Marcos regime.