‘We’ve always been okay,’ PBBM on Aquino boys’ visit to First Lady

‘WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN OKAY’. Kris Aquino’s sons, Josh and Bimby, visit First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos in her office in Manila on Tuesday (July 9, 2024). According to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Marcos and Aquino families have “always been okay” despite being on opposite sides in Philippine politics. (Photo courtesy of Liza Marcos/FB)

By Darryl John Esguerra | Philippine News Agency

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said his family and the Aquinos “have always been okay” despite being on opposite sides of the Philippines’ political fence.

Marcos made the pronouncement as he explained the visit of Kris Aquino’s sons, Josh and Bimby, to First Lady Liza Marcos on Tuesday at her office in Manila.

According to the President, Josh and Bimby visited the First Lady to thank her for helping with their recent travel arrangements.

“It was just to help them for their travel arrangements. Tumulong si First Lady at ’yon lang. Sabi lang, magpapasalamat sila,” the President told reporters, adding that the two Aquinos are actually related to the First Lady.

The First Lady’s youngest sister, Rosario, was married to Pedro Cojuangco, the eldest brother of Kris’ mother, former President Cory Aquino.

“Kaya hindi nakapagtataka na kilalang-kilala niya ‘yong mga pamangkin niya,” Marcos said.

Kris’ father, the late Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. was touted as the political rival of the President’s father and namesake, the late former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

The Aquino boys’ visit, according to the President, was “a very fine gesture on the part of the Aquino family.”

“I think it sort of put a little more personal, a human interaction between our families,” he said.

“We’ve always been okay. We just don’t agree politically,” he added.

On Tuesday, the First Lady posted on social media photos of the two young Aquinos’ visit to her office.

The First Lady, in her posts, thanked the Aquino boys for giving her a box full of gifts from their overseas trip.

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