4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan on Sunday clarified he met with the youngest son of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vinny, because of an official business.
“The truth is, we were advised that Mr. Vincent ‘Vinny’ Marcos had been designated special assistant to the Speaker, and the Speaker merely asked us to brief the young man on the role and work of the House minority bloc,” he said.
“We must stress that even if the majority and minority blocs have differing views, we in the House can all agree to disagree without being disagreeable,” he added.
Vinny, 26, used to work as a software engineer in Singapore before he returned home to help his father in the 2022 presidential campaign.
He is a nephew of Speaker Martin Romualdez, a first-degree cousin of Marcos Jr.
Romualdez of Leyte and Libanan both hail from Eastern Visayas.