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Marcos aide says President to 'adhere to the law' when throwing parties in the Palace

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Former First Lady Imelda Marcos celebrates her 93rd birthday at Malacañang, along with her son, President Ferdinand " Marcos="" Jr.="" Photo="" from="" Ilocos="" Norte="" Rep.="" Angelo="" official="" Facebook="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/07/03/07032022-imelda-bday5.jpg"/><figcaption>Former First Lady Imelda Marcos celebrates her 93rd birthday at Malacañang, along with her son, President Ferdinand &#x27;Bongbong&#x27; Marcos Jr. <em>Photo from Ilocos Norte Rep. Angelo Marcos Barba&#x27;s official Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE)</strong> - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will &quot;adhere to law&quot; when holding celebrations in Malacañang, his Press Secretary said on Monday, days after his mother celebrated her 93rd birthday at the Palace.</p><p>&quot;We assure you that the President will adhere to law. And so that is the presumption,&quot; Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles told reporters when asked for an assurance that government funds will not be used for parties of the Marcos family held in Malacanang Palace.</p><p>&quot;The president (inaudible) no directive in excess of anything that is written in the law,&quot; she added.</p><p>Former First Lady Imelda Marcos&#x27; birthday celebration was held Saturday at the Rizal Hall of Malacanang Palace, as suggested by photos shared by her relatives on social media.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/06/29/22/after-marcos-jrs-victory-imelda-is-back-at-the-top">First Lola: After Marcos Jr&#x27;s victory, ex-First Lady Imelda is back at the top</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/03/22/look-imelda-celebrates-93rd-bday">LOOK: Imelda Marcos celebrates 93rd birthday in Malacañang</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2106120" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Angeles declined to comment further on the issue, noting that Imelda&#x27;s birthday celebration was a &quot;family affair.&quot;</p><p>She did the same as regards the digital billboard that supposedly used a photo of Imelda without permission from its owner.</p><p>&quot;We don&#x27;t comment on those things. We comment on official policy, on statements of the President,&quot; the Press Secretary said.</p><p>&quot;Since, first of all, the billboard doesn&#x27;t appear to be public nor put up by any government agency, then there is no comment coming from us.&quot;</p><p>Imelda, the wife of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., has been known for throwing lavish parties during the incumbency of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/01/31/20/remember-calauit-the-new-imelda-docu-takes-us-back-to-one-of-the-marcoses-absurd-legacies">Remember Calauit? The new Imelda docu takes us back to one of the Marcoses’ absurd legacies</a></li></ul><p>The term &quot;imeldific&quot; - which means &quot;ostentatiously extravagant, sometimes to the point of vulgarity&quot; - was coined after the Philippines&#x27; former first lady.</p><div><strong>INAUGURATION EXPENSES</strong></div><p>Angeles said there is no information yet as to how much the Philippine government spent for the oath-taking of Marcos last week.</p><p>&quot;The inaugural dinner went very well. It was a happy occasion for everybody who has been there,&quot; she said of the gathering after the swearing-in of the new president.</p><p>&quot;It was a generally joyful but simple and traditional celebration,&quot; she added.</p><p>Photos uploaded by various guests on social media showed that prawns, caldereta, chicken soup, and dessert were among the items on the menu of the unnamed caterer.</p><p>Several guests also received either medallions that bore Marcos&#x27; face or a circular memento that carried the logo of the Office of the President.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS/photos/a.84382255167/10160416065855168/" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque, who shared a photo of the medallion on his Facebook account, said the token given during the inaugural dinner was made of ceramic painted in gold.</p><p>Roque ran for senator in the May elections under the ticket of Marcos, but lost.</p><p>When asked about Marcos&#x27; policy when it comes to throwing celebrations as President, Angeles said: &quot;There is no policy yet in place.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It (Imelda&#x27;s birthday) was a family affair, and so I don&#x27;t know if a policy will be born out of this one, but we will note that observation.&quot;</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will 'adhere to law' when holding celebrations in Malacañang, his Press Secretary said on Monday, days after his mother celebrated her 93rd birthday at the Palace.

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Marcos aide says President to 'adhere to the law' when throwing parties in the Palace

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 04, 2022 03:55 PM PHT

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Updated July 05, 2022 02:15 PM PHT

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