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00:14The challenge of politics is one of the things that President Bongbong Marcos faced in his second year in office.
00:23But according to a political analyst, as the election approaches,
00:29the temperature of politics is expected to get hotter.
00:34This was demonstrated in the special report of Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:39His Excellency Ferdinand Romualdo Marcos Jr., President of the Republic of the Philippines.
00:47In the two years in office of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the world of politics became noisy.
00:54Bongbong, that's for love.
01:01One of the controversies that the President is facing is the blatant defamation of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
01:08Accusations that were not passed by Marcos Jr.
01:12I think it's fentanyl.
01:14At first, he thought that Vice President Sara Duterte avoided these issues.
01:20Until...
01:21That's a bad shot for me.
01:23My husband will do everything to protect you.
01:25You run together, right? We'll get up together again.
01:28You go to the rally, your president is called,
01:33you're going to laugh, right? Is that right?
01:38Even Lenny never did that.
01:40June 19, VP Sara abused the appointment of the Department of Education and the official of NTF-ELCAC.
01:49And at times, she said that she will not attend the State of the Nation address of the President on Monday.
01:55No. No, I will not attend the SORNA.
01:59I am appointing myself as the designated representative of the State of the Nation.
02:05No, I will not attend the SORNA.
02:07I am appointing myself as the designated survivor.
02:12Even though the term of the President will not be halved,
02:15the path of unity under the UNITEEN that promised unity in the 2022 elections is now separated.
02:23According to Professor Aris Arugay, Chairperson of the UP Department of Political Science,
02:28it is part of the policy of the country.
02:32The sharing of political power is not the norm in Philippine politics.
02:38And especially if there are political ambitions, especially the second president,
02:47and he sees that he can be an obstacle to the leadership of the President.
02:56Now that the 2025 National and Local Elections are nearing,
03:00the Philippine Federal Party of President Marcos and his cousin Speaker Martin Romualdez
03:05are once again allying with the CMD.
03:10Professor Arugay also considers the midterm elections as an opportunity to see the strength of the Duterte family.
03:19Especially since Vice has announced that his father and brothers have a plan to run.
03:24Traditionally, the interpretation of the midterm elections is a referendum
03:30or an assessment of the popularity of the current administration.
03:34I think there is another dimension.
03:37It could be a proxy battle between the two dynasties, Marcos and Duterte.
03:46It could also measure the potential of Sara Duterte for 2028.
03:54In the heat of the moment, the Duterte family will face opposition.
04:00That's why the Liberal Party was formed, led by former Vice President Lenny Robredo,
04:06who was Marcos Jr.'s opponent in the 2022 Presidential Elections.
04:11Their senatorial candidate in 2025 already has several personalities.
04:17But Robredo is not included when he announced that he will run for Mayor of Naga City.
04:22He also has a base that he can mobilize to support any candidate that he can endorse in 2025.
04:33That 15 million is not gone. It's still there and it's important to top that.
04:41Because politics is addition, some believe that the Marcos administration and the LP can form an alliance.
04:49We don't have such a plan.
04:50But the LP said earlier that they will not form an alliance with the administration,
04:55even if they have some similarities.
04:59Like the issue of the West Philippine Sea and the cessation of the bloody drug war.
05:04According to Professor Arugay, after the midterm elections,
05:08politics will still be affected as the 2028 Presidential Elections approaches.
05:15The People's Initiative, which attracted a lot of people in 2024,
05:20can be heard again.
05:22This is the extensive collection of signatures to amend the Constitution
05:27so that the Senate and the House of Representatives can vote together instead of separately.
05:32Comelec suspended their guidelines for this to be under review.
05:38The political motivation for Chacha will be stronger after the 2025 elections
05:45because it will be a threat to remove the term limits.
05:51He will be more associated with maintaining power because the end of the term is near.
06:02Some movements in politics today can be said to be connected to the 2028 Presidential Elections,
06:08even if it is still far away.
06:10So it will help if the knowledge of the Filipinos in choosing the leaders of the country is also far and deep.
06:19For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo, Katutok, 24 Hours.
06:31For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo, Katutok, 24 Hours.
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