President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday urged all political parties to work toward uniting the nation and improving the lives of all Filipinos instead of sowing division and disagreements.
In his speech during the party covenant between the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and the Nacionalista Party (NP), the President said political disagreements among political parties are a mere waste of energy and effort among contending parties.
He said the contentions could be put to better use by the country’s political leaders by helping the country transform into a more progressive nation as well as help improve the lives of all Filipinos.
“And it is very clear in my view and I think it has now been manifested, it has now been demonstrated by these alliances that it is also an understanding, it is also a consensus between our leaderships, the leaders of our country that unity is the key for us to move forward,” President Marcos said during the signing of the alliance between PFP and NP on Thursday.
“If we are spending our time, our resources and our energy with opposing one another, for political means, then we have very little time, resources, and energy left for transforming our country into a better place, to transforming the lives of our people,” he added.
President Marcos enjoined all the members of the administration coalition, described as the “largest political bloc” in the country, to continue working for the dream and aspiration of turning the Philippines into a better country for all Filipinos.
“And to say that… we came into office and when we leave office, that we leave the Philippines a better country and we leave the Filipinos in a better condition than we found them when we first came into office,” the President said.
“That is the aspiration. That is the dream. And it can only be achieved through a unified effort by everyone and there is nothing more than we can do but to continue to work for that dream.” PND