Call him heartthrob Bongbong.
A group of ladies -- young and old alike -- nearly disrupted a press conference of the Nacionalista Party (NP) at a restaurant here on Saturday while trying to get a snapshot of senatorial candidate, Ilocos Norte Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.
Standing near the entrance of the function room, the women who were dressed in identical hot pink shirts and appeared to belong to a women's organization could not contain their excitement upon seeing Marcos, son of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
They spoke loudly among themselves as they tried to get a glimpse and a picture of Marcos who was seated with his fellow senatorial candidates and vice presidential candidate, Sen. Loren Legarda, at a long table across the room.
The women were hushed several times by the candidates' staff members and reporters when they could no longer hear some of the candidates' answers to questions posed by the local media.
Finally, a staff member of Marcos went up to the lawmaker to ask him to greet the women, who giggled as he made his way towards them, never mind if he was already disheveled and his red, blue, and white checkered dress shirt was already wrinkled from half a day of campaigning in the province.
Some of the older women hugged Marcos tightly. He led them outside the function room where they finally had their much awaited photo opportunity.
The younger Marcos was Mr. Popular here in the Nacionalista Party's campaign sortie, eliciting loud cheers and applause from the crowd where the group had staged mini-rallies in Rosales and Villasin towns.
Marcos has served as Ilocos Norte governor and congressman since he returned to the country in early ‘90s, years after the ouster of his father via the 1986 EDSA People Power revolution.
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