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Despite being a regional trial court judge during the martial law period, presidential aspirant Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago sees nothing wrong in running with the late dictator鈥檚 son and namesake, Sen. Ferdinand 鈥淏ongbong鈥� Marcos Jr.

After filing her certificate of candidacy for president, Santiago said she does not have to reconcile her rulings when she was judge of the Quezon City RTC with her decision to run with Marcos.

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鈥淚 was correct [with my decisions]. The truth will always be the truth. Justice will always be justice鈥� Life聽doesn鈥檛 have to be a constant straight line from one end to another,鈥澛燬antiago told reporters at the Commission on Elections headquarters in Intramuros, Manila.

鈥淭imes change. Your ideologies are different from those of your parents. We always have to adjust with the times,鈥� she added.

Asked about the human rights violations committed during the Marcos regime, Santiago said it was not as if the late dictator gathered all his family members and decided to implement martial law.
鈥淭hey did not agree as a family to sit down and say, 鈥榣et鈥檚 set up curfew, let鈥檚 regulate firearms,鈥� she said, noting that the martial law was not a result of familial decision but of a 鈥減olicy decision of the executive branch and Marcos鈥� advisers.鈥�
Santiago said her tandem with Marcos was a 鈥渦nique phenomenon鈥� as they came from different parties鈥攕he will run under her People Reform鈥檚 Party, while the latter is a Nacionalista stalwart.

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鈥淭his phenomenon is unique not only for me but also for my running mate. It鈥檚 a new development鈥攖wo people from different parties are running together,鈥� she said.

After posting several hints on social media last week, Santiago formally announced that she will seek the presidency for the third time聽on Monday. She said the Philippines will be 鈥渕uch better if I become president in the near future.鈥�

On Thursday, the feisty senator confirmed that Marcos is her running mate, saying that it was a mutual decision of both camps.

Santiago first ran for president in 1992, but lost to former president Fidel V. Ramos in a hotly contested race. She also joined the 1998 presidential derby. IDL