If you see an endorsement of the Palace bid of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno coming from a supposed Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) official, it's fake news.
The camp of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos gave this clarification Friday, April 1, after Abubakar Mangelen, who claims to be the party’s national chairman, issued a statement of support for Moreno.
Gen. Tom GT Lantion, PFP national secretary-general, stressed that the PFP is endorsing only one candidate--PFP standard-bearer Marcos.
“The legitimate and accredited PFP national directorate, PFP officers’ men and women members vehemently condemn in strongest terms the irresponsible fake announcement of an impostor Mangelen about PFP’s support transferring to Isko,” Lantion said in a statement.
The survey-leading Marcos leads the UniTeam administration ticket alongside vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.
According to Lantion, it was Mangelen and his cohorts who filed a disqualification case before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against Marcos, the duly-elected PFP national chairman.
However, it was thrown out and unanimously dismissed for lack of merit by the second division, which was chaired by Commissioner Socorro Inting.
“It was just a mere scrap of paper. The Mangelen resolution is without basis, null and void, fake news!” he added.
Lantion also disclosed that the PFP general counsel and legal officer will file a case of usurpation and other criminal acts against by Mangelen, who, he reiterated, was an impostor.
He issued the statement in reaction to reports that the alleged original officers and members of the PFP surfaced Wednesday in Iligan City to throw their full support behind Moreno, the Aksyon Demokratiko presidential bet.
Marcos, a former senator and Ilocos Norte governor, took his oath as PFP chairman before he filed his candidacy for president in October last year.