Former Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Saturday said the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) will forge an alliance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Partido Federal Pilipinas (PFP) for the upcoming 2025 midterm elections.
Sotto, NPC chairman, also stressed that the partnership “is grounded on the two parties’ desire for genuine unity, strength, and continued positive change” to usher in a “Bagong Pilipinas,” the administration’s all-inclusive development brand.
He said he also believes the alliance will foster cooperation and strong support for President Marcos since their party has almost 4,000 members, of which 1,910 are incumbent public officials.
In forging the alliance, the NPC and the PFP said that “public service should be fulfilled with utmost integrity, transparency, accountability, people participation, effectiveness, and efficiency.”
“Public service should come before and beyond personal interests. This partnership proves our commitment to the Filipino people that their interests are our primordial duty,” Sotto said.
“Historically, the NPC has always been supportive of the elected President,” Sotto said in a statement issued early Friday morning.
With urgency, Sotto said they committed to continue pushing for unity among the leaders of our great nation.
“With that in mind, our party will heed the call of the PFP,” he added.
Leaders of the NPC, led by Sotto, and PFP, spearheaded by President Marcos Jr., will ink their alliance agreement on Saturday at the Makati Diamond Residences in Makati City. The President was the guest of honor and speaker.