President Marcos led a rice distribution event in Capiz yesterday with \u201clongtime friend,\u201d opposition Liberal Party stalwart and former senator Mar Roxas, triggering speculation about the latter\u2019s possible return to public service under the current administration.
President Marcos chats with former senator Mar Roxas, whom he described as a ‘longtime friend,’ before speaking in a rice distribution activity in Capiz yesterday October, 5 2023.
“We spent a long time together in New York and I hope that while he’s here, he doesn’t talk about what happened anymore to us when we were in New York because we were still bachelors and we had many adventures together,” the President said in jest. He also served as interior secretary under the administration of the late president Benigno Aquino III, son of the late senator Benigno Aquino Jr., arch critic of Marcos Sr.In July, Marcos’ son, Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos, denied rumors that Roxas would be tapped as full-time Department of Agriculture secretary, a position long held by the President in concurrent capacity.
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