A former provincial governor, congressman and senator, the 64-year-old son of the late dictator is waging the most impressive attempt yet of the Marcos family to recapture the presidency. His mother, Imelda Marcos, twice unsuccessfully attempted to retake the seat of power after returning with her children to the Philippines from exile in the United States, where her husband died in 1989.
Marcos Jr. has defended his father’s legacy and steadfastly refuses to apologize for and acknowledge the atrocities and plunder during the dictatorship. Married to a lawyer, with whom he has three sons, he has stayed away from controversies, including a past tax conviction and the Marcos family’s refusal to pay a huge estate tax. Throughout his campaign, he tenaciously stuck to a battle cry of national unity.
The daughter of a trial court judge, Robredo does not belong to any of the prominent families that have dominated Philippine politics for generations, and is running as an independent propped by a network of campaign volunteers. As the opposition vice president, who was separately elected from Duterte, she condemned the killings of mostly poor drug suspects as part of his crackdown, angering the brash-talking leader and straining their ties for years.
Thousands of police and military personnel have been deployed given longstanding risks posed by communist and Muslim rebels and a history of often bloody family and political rivalries in rural areas. In 2009, gunmen deployed by the family of southern Maguindanao province’s then-governor massacred 58 people, including 32 journalists, in an attack on an election convoy that shocked the world.
What is it about people that they so love a king?
This is all about lies and deceit...Filipino people have been deprived of their rights and dignity for a very long time. My kababayans, this is our moment, don't let another 6 years be wasted again. May 9 is for Filipino people. LeniKiko2022 TropangAngatAllTheWay
wrong choice. Please there are better candidates for president. I love to see a beautiful woman as president of the workers and families.
This is what you get when propaganda and misinformation takeover mainstream media. Marcos Jr. can afford to pay trolls as well as politicians to destroy the reputation of his closest rival Leni Robredo. Guess where he got that money? Their ill-gotten wealth.
note that the VP isn't elected as a ticket with the President so 'the current vice president' is also leader of the opposition against Incumbent President Duterte
Some countries never learn.
Monday election.
Marcos will win and make the Philippines a Chinese puppet.
And it was President Cory Aquino, the successor of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who allowed the Marcos family to literally return to the Philippines way back many, many years ago. The rest, as they say, is history.
Say her name lol
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