President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Nacionalista Party (NP) Chairman Manny Villar lead an alliance signing ceremony between the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas and NP in Taguig City on August 8, 2024. PPA Pool

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Pia Gutierrez

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172310389776220240808-marcos-nacionalista-HO-1353.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Nacionalista Party (NP) Chairman Manny Villar lead an alliance signing ceremony between the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas and NP in Taguig City on August 8, 2024. PPA Pool</span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) on Thursday forged an alliance with the Villar-led Nacionalista Party ahead of the 2025 midterm polls.</p><p>Marcos and Nacionalista Party Chairman Manny Villar witnessed the signing of the alliance between both parties in a short program at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.</p><p><span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(65, 65, 65);color:rgb(65, 65, 65)">Nacionalista</span> is the fourth political party that the PFP has allied with, following the Lakas-CMD, the National Unity Party, and the Nationalist People’s Coalition.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/8/marcos-partido-federal-ng-pilipinas-inks-alliance-with-lakas-cmd-ahead-of-2025-polls-2131" id="isPasted">• Marcos’ Partido Federal ng Pilipinas inks alliance with Lakas-CMD ahead of 2025 polls</a></div><p>In his speech, the President called the union between the two parties as a “natural alliance,” noting that his father Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. ran as President under the Nacionalista Party, and that he himself ran for national office under the same party.</p><p>Marcos also credits the Nacionalista Party for his 2022 election victory.</p><p>&quot;Sinasabi ko, kung hindi sa NP, hindi ako naging presidente kaya&#x27;t talagang malaki ang utang na loob ko sa tulong na ginawa ng NP. That makes it a very natural alliance,” Marcos said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/8/partido-federal-lakas-still-open-to-coalesce-with-vp-duterte-for-2025-polls-romualdez-1200">• Partido Federal, Lakas &#x27;still open&#x27; to coalesce with VP Duterte for 2025 polls: Romualdez</a></div><p>The President said the alliance was a continuing answer to his call for unity among leaders.</p><p>According to Marcos, the new alliance between the PFP and NP forms the largest political bloc in the Philippines.</p><p>“So, I am very, very happy...that we are today formalizing that alliance and that alliance now has formed the largest political bloc in the Philippines,” Marcos said. </p><p><span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(65, 65, 65);color:rgb(65, 65, 65)">“</span>Dapat kapit-bisig tayo na nagtutulungan at hindi para lamang sa ating partido. Hindi para lamang sa ating mga sarili kung hindi talaga sa serbisyo, para sa ating mga kababayan,” he said. </p><p>Villar meanwhile called the alliance between their parties the first step towards right direction. </p><p>&quot;We need to prove to the Filipino people that we are a nation capable of rising above our differences in order to build a bright future for the country,” Villar said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/25/villar-says-daughter-camille-will-run-for-senate-1616">• Villar says daughter Camille will run for Senate</a></div><p>Nacionalista spokesperson and senior member Congressman Robert “Ace” Barbers said their party intended to field incumbent Senators Imee Marcos and Pia Cayetano, and Las Piñas Rep. Camille Villar in the 2025 senatorial race.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Um2piknMzI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>This is the fourth political party that the PFP has allied with, following the Lakas-CMD, the National Unity Party, and the Nationalist People’s Coalition.</p>

This is the fourth political party that the PFP has allied with, following the Lakas-CMD, the National Unity Party, and the Nationalist People’s Coalition.

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Marcos' Partido Federal forges alliance with Nacionalista ahead of 2025 polls

Marcos' Partido Federal forges alliance with Nacionalista ahead of 2025 polls

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published Aug 08, 2024 01:00 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 08, 2024 03:58 PM PHT

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