President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has admitted that he often has long ‘conversations’ with his late father and namesake, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., seeking advice on how to lead the Philippines.
In Part 2 of the BBM Podcast Episode 5 on Tuesday, the president was asked a personal question about who he would want to have a sit-down interview with if given the chance.
‘Just one person? I might creep people out, but I have long conversations with my father still,’ he responded.
According to Marcos Jr., he often asks his father for advice in situations similar to those he encountered during his tenure as president of the Philippines.
‘Dad, what am I supposed to do? What would he say? Because I’m in government. And I’m president and he was president. That’s a treasure trove of good advice right there. I try to look back and see what you know of him,’ he said.
Marcos Jr. also lightheartedly shared that he sometimes ‘hears’ his father and his father’s political allies in the back of his mind, telling him that politics is indeed difficult.
‘Oh, it’s difficult, right?’ Marcos said, referring to the voices he ‘hears.’
‘I have the advantage of having watched my father being president at very, very close quarters. So, yes. You have a good idea. But you don’t really know until you’re there,’ he also said.
Marcos Sr. died on September 28, 1989 in Hawaii, where he was ousted and exiled after imposing martial law. He was 72.
In 1993, then President Fidel V. Ramos allowed Marcos’ body to be brought home but did not allow the late president’s burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB).
Twenty-three years later, behind shut gates and away from public view, his remains were laid to rest at the LNMB.
During his 36th death anniversary last month, Marcos Jr. penned a short but heartfelt message for his father on his social media account.
‘Remembering my father, Apo Lakay, on his 36th death anniversary. His memory and his dreams remain with me always,’ he wrote in his post