According to preliminary results on Monday, TOPLINE Ferdinand Marcos Jr. secured the lead in the Philippines’ presidential election, Dictator Ferdinand setting the stage for Marcos. Whose father was an authoritarian ruler until his overthrow in 1986 – to replace powerful President Rodrigo Duterte.
Dictator Ferdinand, a former senator and governor, nicknamed Bongbong, had nearly 29.7 million votes as of Tuesday morning local time. More than double the 14.2 million votes for a second-place candidate and current Vice President Leonor Robredo, according to unofficial results from television operators. ABS CBN.
Boxer legend and Senator Manny Pacquiao, who ran for president last year with a focus on anti-corruption efforts, came in third with nearly 3.4 million votes.
Marcos joined the message of unity and put forward several specific policy proposals. According to most election polls, he is well ahead of Robredo, a human rights lawyer. And outspoken critic of Duterte’s crackdown on suspected drug dealers.
According to Fox News, the actions of former Secretary of Defense Donald Trump on January 6 “threatened our democracy.”
Presidential candidate Marcos is also the president’s daughter: Duterte’s daughter. Sara Duterte-Carpio, is currently running for vice president, according to ABS-CBN (in the Philippines, presidential and vice-presidential candidates compete separately for the post of).
Marco’s impending victory follows years of efforts to restore his family’s image.
According to Amnesty International, his father, Ferdinand Marcos, was elected president in 1965. And served 21 years under martial law, with thousands of arrests, disappearances, and killings. Denying widespread reports of corruption and human rights abuses during the Marcos era.
The seat restrictions do not allow Duterte, who has led the Philippines since 2016, to run for a second term. Last year he said he would step back from politics and end his populist and often violent regime. His government has been accused of killing dozens in prosecuting drug dealers. And during the pandemic, he threatened to shoot quarantine violators and skeptics of catching a coronavirus vaccine to ‘inject a vaccine in their backs’.