President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has set the political tone of the administration’s Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) as the midterm elections draw near.

Speaking during the PFP national convention and general assembly at Diamond Hotel Manila in Ermita on Monday, the President urged PFP members to be always sincere with allied parties.

“We have to be sincere about the alyansa (alliance), the alliance that we are creating with the other parties. Kailangan sincere din tayo (We also need to be sincere),” he said.

He urged them to help their political allies while they plan for the upcoming elections.

“Siyempre tutulungan din natin sila at magtutulungan talaga tayo. And that’s really the best way kasi may synergy ‘yan (Of course we will also help them and we will really help each other. And that’s really the best way because that has synergy),” he said.

“Kapag naging maayos ang usapan natin together with the other parties, mas magiging maliwanag ang eleksyon (When we talk properly together with the other parties, the election will be clearer) even down to the municipal level,” he added.

PFP as central force

As he described the PFP as the central force, Marcos said the party should also lead its allies in handling most pressing issues within and outside the alliance.

“Ang thinking ko siguro (My thinking is that maybe), if it concerns our party, it concerns our party mates, tayo ang mamamahala (we should be the one to manage) when it comes to that. And the same with Lakas, the same with NPC (Nationalist People’s Coalition), NUP (National Unity Party), with NP (Nacionalista Party), lahat ng ibang partido na kasama natin ngayon (And all the other parties that we are allied with),” he said.

“Kaya’t (And so) we will — let us decide on those issues, on how to handle those issues. But always keep the party as the lead, the PFP is the lead party in this campaign and in this election. The PFP will remain the central, the central force in the political aggrupation that we are creating together with all of the other parties that we have come into agreement with,” he stressed.

The PFP has a scheduled meeting with its allied parties on Sept. 26, Marcos said.

By that date, the party should already have a secretariat to keep things in order. (PNA)