Two mayors of key cities in Western Visayas — Iloilo and Bacolod City — throw their support behind First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos in her word war with Vice President Sara Duterte.
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00:00Two mayors of key cities in Western Visayas, Iloilo, and Bacolod City throw their support
00:06behind First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos in her word war with Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:11In a joint statement, Mayor Jerry Trenas of Iloilo and Bacolod Mayor Albie Benitez say,
00:16"'We empathize with the First Lady as she expresses her disappointment that the Vice
00:20President attends rallies where the President is criticized."
00:23The mayors add,
00:24"'It seems inappropriate for a Vice President, who campaigned under the same party banner
00:29as the President, to participate in such events and react with amusement to the attacks."
00:34Mayor Jerry Trenas of Iloilo was a staunch supporter of the failed 2022 presidential
00:38bid of Lenny Robredo.
00:40Bacolod Mayor Albie Benitez is a close political ally of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.