President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday vowed to follow the guidance of his late father, former president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr.

“And that is very simple but not easy to achieve. But it is simple: be a Filipino, serve the Filipino, protect Filipinos and the Philippines,” the Chief Executive added.

The President made the remarks during the wreath-laying ceremony in honor of his father’s 107th birth anniversary at the Marcos Monument in Batac City, Ilocos Norte. The First Family earlier attended a thanksgiving mass at the Immaculate Conception Parish in Batac.

The President said he has followed his father’s guidance from the very beginning of his term “and I will continue to follow that credo.”

“Be a good Filipino. Be a Filipino that loves your countrymen. Be a Filipino that loves your country and do everything and sacrifice everything to achieve that purpose, to achieve that goal that you become a good Filipino and you leave the Philippines a better place than you found it,” he said.

“That is my continuing guide. That is the credo that we should live by. And for that, I will be eternally grateful to my dad for the lessons that he taught us, for the values that imbued in our very souls. And that has served us all well,” the President added. PND