Davos, Switzerland – Dark days para kay Pangulong Marcos Jr. ang anim na taon na exile o paninirahan ng kanilang pamilya sa Hawaii 1986 matapos ang EDSA People Power Revolution.
Ibinahagi ni Pangulong Marcos kay World Economic Forum President Børge Brende, sinabi nito na hindi lamang sa kanyang pamilya naging dark days ang pananatili nila sa Hawaii kundi maging ng buong Pilipinas.
Hindi rin inakala ni Pangulong Marcos jr na makababalik pa sa bansa ang kanyang pamilya lalo ang maging Pangulo ng bansa.
“Not as president. We were in exile for six years so we weren’t sure if we were coming back at all, physically coming back. My father never made it back. He died in Hawaii. So that was a very trying time, those were dark days for the family and I dare say even for the country,” pahayag ng Pangulo.
Pumanaw ang dating Pangulo noong 1989.
Sabi ng Pangulo, para madepensahan ang pangalan ng kanyang pamilya, kailangan nilang pumasok sa mundo ng pulitika.
Bumalik sa bansa ang pamilya Marcos noong 1992.
“But after we came from the United States, after exile, when we were first allowed to come back, the political issue was Marcos. And for us, we, for us to defend ourselves politically, somebody had to enter politics and be in the political arena. So that at least, not only the legacy of my father but even our own survival required that somebody go into politics,” pahayag ng Pangulo.
Bago naging Pangulo ng bansa, sumabak muna ang nakababatang Marcos bilang gobernador at kongresista ng Ilocos Norte.
Naging senador din ang Pangulo bago tumakbong bise presidente noong 2016 subalit natalo kay dating Vice President Leni Robredo.
Ayon sa Pangulo hindi naman niya pinangarap ang maging pulitiko.
“Well… Every lieutenant wants to be a general right? Every clerk wants to be the CEO. So I’m saying if I’m going to be in politics, let’s do the best we can and take it as far as we can take it. So we just never stop. But you know, this is your career now, so work hard at it and do it well,” pahayag nito.
“Do it the best that you can. And I was blessed that the Filipino, the voting population, the voters — Filipino voters agreed with the message that we put out during the campaign and return a very strong mandate for the presidency,” dagdag ng Pangulo.