CEBU CITY – Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado has joined the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), a national political party chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
FIVE governors led by Aris Aumentado of Bohol (second from right) take their oath as new members of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. (Contributed photo)
Aumentado and four other governors – Siquijor Gov. Jake Villa, Bataan Gov. Joet Garcia, Mountain Province Gov. Bonifacio Lacwasan, and Surigao del Sur Gov. Alexander Pimentel – took their oath as new members of the PFP before South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. on Thursday, August 8, in Manila. Tamayo is the president of PFP and the League of Provinces of the Philippines.
“We are supporting the programs of the current administration that’s why we formally took oath as members of the PFP of our honorable President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.,” said Aumentado.
During the oathtaking, Aumentado presented to Tamayo a manifesto signed by Bohol officials who expressed their support for Marcos.
The manifesto was signed by Aumentado and Bohol Reps. Maria Vanessa Aumentado, Edgardo Chato, and Kristine Alexie Tutor, Tagbilaran City Mayor Jane Yap, Fernando Estavilla, president of the League of the Municipalities-Bohol chapter; Romulo Cepedoza, president of the Liga ng mga Barangay-Bohol chapter; Nicanor Besas, president of the Philippine Councilors League of the Philippines-Bohol chapter; Lawrence Xavier Ancla, president of the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation of Bohol, and Jiselle Rae Villamor, president of the National Movement of Young Legislators-Bohol chapter.
“We, the undersigned, on behalf of the 1.3 million Boholanos, and the local governments and leagues we represent, hereby pledge our solid and unwavering support to His Excellency Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., President of the Republic of the Philippines, and to his Bagong Pilipinas vision of national honor and prosperity, inclusive development, and love of country,” they said.