Erap confident of Solid North vote due to loyalty to Marcos By Gerry Baldo 02/26/2010

Erap confident of Solid North vote due to loyalty to Marcos By Gerry Baldo 02/26/2010 LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Former President Joseph Estrada, standard-bearer of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), remains confident that the people of Ilocos Norte would still support his candidacy despite the political affiliation of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos with the Nacionalista Party (NP) of Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. Estrada, in an interview upon arrival at the Laoag Interna-tional Airport here, yesterday said Ilocanos would vote for him as they did in the 1998 presi-dential elections when he got a solid vote from the so-called Solid North. According to him, the Ilocanos know of his loyalty to the late President Ferdinand Marcos. Estrada recalled that he was one of those who visited the late strongman who was in exile in Honolulu, Hawaii against the advice of his fellow senators. He said Ilocanos would remember that he was a good friend to the Marcoses.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/headlines/20100226hed2.html

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