President Bongbong Marcos extends his congratulations to the newly elected prime minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer.
Starmer and the Labour Party won the general elections with a landslide victory. It’s been over a decade since a representative from the Labour Party won the polls and defeated the Conservatives.
“On behalf of the Philippines, I extend my warmest congratulations to the Labour Party and Keir Starmer,” the President said in a post on X.
He added that he hopes to strengthen PH-UK ties under Starmer’s leadership.
“We wish the new government success and look forward to further strengthening our deep and longstanding ties,” he said.
Starmer is a former human rights lawyer turned politician. He was an Oxford-educated human rights lawyer, who represented death row convicts, and eventually became Chief Prosecutor.
“The work of change begins immediately, but have no doubt, we will rebuild Britain,” the 61-year-old British leader said in his first speech as prime minister.
