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Marcos grandson weds presidential rival’s granddaughter

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<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/ImeeMarcos/photos/a.10155993240132431.1073742187.298225177430/10155993257077431/?type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Love conquers all, even political differences.</p><p>The marriage this week of the grandchildren of former president Ferdinand Marcos and former senator Raul Manglapus signals the end of a decades-long rivalry, Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos said Saturday.</p><p>&quot;Many years ago my father was . . . gravely disappointed and saddened by the (loss) to the Supreme Court in his right to travel back home. That is the Supreme Court case Marcos vs. Manglapus,&quot; Marcos said during a thanksgiving celebration of the wedding of her son, lawyer Ferdinand Michael Manotoc, to Carina Amelia Manglapus.</p><p>&quot;Tonight we have reversed that miserable ruling . . . Cara joining our family, love wins.&quot;</p><p>Manotoc and Manglapus&#x27; wedding on Wednesday was held privately in Makati.</p><p>On Saturday, Laoag Bishop Renato Mayugba presided over a thanksgiving mass held at Paoay church. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, presidential adviser Francis Tolentino, and presidential spokesman Harry Roque were in attendance.</p><p>Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos said: &quot;I&#x27;m very, very happy today because two families that are in contrast for so many years suddenly fell in love.&quot;</p><p>Ferdinand Marcos won the 1965 presidential election over Raul Manglapus, who later became one of the pro-democracy opposition leaders based in the US.</p><p>Manglapus served as the foreign affairs secretary of former President Cory Aquino.</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/ImeeMarcos/photos/a.10155993240132431.1073742187.298225177430/10155993245157431/?type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, meanwhile, thanked the Marcos family for helping her father President Rodrigo Duterte during the 2016 elections.</p><p>The mayor said she&#x27;s also grateful that some of the wedding gifts will be donated for the rehabilitation of Marawi City. <strong>— With reports from Kim Lorenzo, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>Ferdinand Michael Manotoc and Carina Amelia Manglapus were married on Wednesday.</p>

Ferdinand Michael Manotoc and Carina Amelia Manglapus were married on Wednesday.