Defending her decision to withdraw from her brother’s Senate slate, Senator Imee Marcos says on Monday, September 30, she is not trying to navigate two rivers at the same time.
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00:00Defending her decision to withdraw from her brother's Senate slate, Senator Aimee Marcos
00:05on Monday, September 30, says she is not trying to navigate two rivers at the same time.
00:11A lot of people say that I am the one who is in charge of the two rivers.
00:15What I want is for me to be the one who decides where all the rivers will end up.
00:23It's up to us.
00:27It's a tremendous sacrifice to stand alone.
00:31Marcos claims her decision was meant to protect her brother, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.,
00:36and safeguard her friends from potential harm.
00:38It's better for me to stand alone so that my family won't be put in danger.
00:45Senator Marcos pledged her allegiance to the Dutertes after the collapse of the UNITEAM Alliance.
00:50President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. revealed his senatorial slate, which included his sister,
00:54last September 26.