Bongbong Marcos to seek presidency in Eleksyon 2022

Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday announced he is joining the 2022 presidential race.

Marcos made the announcement in a Facebook video on the same day he took his oath as a member of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), a political party allied with the Duterte administration.

"I am announcing my intention to run for the Presidency of the Philippines in the upocming 2022 elections," he said.

"I will bring back unifying form of leadership in the country."

PFP earlier endorsed Marcos for the 2022 presidential race last September 21, the anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law by his father, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

The younger Marcos said in August that he would seek the presidency if he could muster enough support. 

Marcos lost the 2016 vice presidential race to then-Camarines Sur representative Leni Robredo by 263,473 votes. He protested his defeat before the Supreme Court, which eventually ruled in Robredo's favor. --KBK, GMA News