Santiago- Marcos is on! Tandem confirmed by Miriam

Miriam Santiago: Bongbong Marcos is my running mate

‘I think we mutually chose each other, our two camps. Our telephone lines crossed each other. It was a coincidence. One camp was calling the other,’ Santiago tells reporters

MIRIAM-MARCOS. Anti-corruption advocate Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago teams up with Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. File photo from Marcos’ office MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago confirmed that Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr is her running mate.

After a speech in Pasay City, Santiago was asked if the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was her vice presidential bet and she said, “Yes.”

“I think we mutually chose each other, our two camps. We happen to cross each other, the telephone lines happen to cross each other. It’s coincidental. One camp was calling the other camp,” Santiago told reporters on Thursday, October 15.

A legal expert who suffers from stage 4 lung cancer, Santiago announced her presidential bid for the May 2016 polls on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Marcos’ sister Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos said the Marcos camp was in touch with Santiago.

Senator Marcos also hinted of the tandem on Wednesday when he tweeted an old photo of him with Santiago with the caption, “Remembering our RH [Reproductive Health law] deliberations #WayBackWednesday.”

Santiago is filing her candidacy for president on Friday, October 16, at the Commission on Elections office in Manila.

Santiago said she was unsure if Senator Marcos will join her in filing her candidacy. Marcos filed his candidacy for vice president on Tuesday, along with his mother, the controversial former First Lady now Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos.