"I am grateful to all the party members for the support that also once demonstrated that unity is possible to advance our shared dreams for our fellow Filipinos and our beloved country," Duterte said.
"I am grateful to all the party members for the support that also once demonstrated that unity is possible to advance our shared dreams for our fellow Filipinos and our beloved country," Duterte said.
Sen. Ramon Bong Revilla, chairperson of Lakas-CMD where Arroyo sits as president emerita and Romualdez is president, said their party “continues to be united and supportive” of Marcos.
As expected after a presidential election, membership in the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan party of outgoing President Duterte has started to dwindle, and the once powerful Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats political party is re-emerging as a political force to reckon with.