No surpriseThe Marcos-Duterte tandem did not come as a surprise to people close to the camps of Bongbong Marcos and Inday Sara Duterte. After all, Bongbong Marcos and Martin Romualdez are first cousins. Ejercito and Jinggoy, who were both senators; Sen. Pia Cayetano and Taguig Congressman Alan Peter Cayetano, children of the late former Senate president Rene Cayetano. The many highways and bridges built, the structures that sprouted and have now become icons are hallmarks of the Philippine landscape: Cultural Center of the Philippines, Film Center, Philippine International Convention Center, Lung Center, Kidney Center, Heart Center, among many others. He would not have been elected by his peers as Senate President if he didn’t have that charisma.

Source: Philippine Star November 16, 2021 10:11 UTC