endobj /K 5 Marcos, a former senator and governor whose nickname is "Bongbong," had almost 29.7 million votes as of early Tuesday morning local time, more than double the 14.2 million votes . /P 9 0 R 290 0 obj In 1980, when he was 22 and still studying in Philadelphia, he was elected vice governor of Ilocos Norte, a province in the northwest corner of the Philippines largest island. >> Marcos won the election with 31.6 million votes, or 58.77% of ballots cast a margin not seen in decades and replaces outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte. 41 0 obj appreciated. /S /P /P 9 0 R /Pg 26 0 R >> 304 0 obj 3:18 AM EDT, Thu June 30, 2022. Duterte is also facing an investigation by the International Criminal Court into his war on drugs that has killed more than 6,000 people, according to police, and his successor could influence how much access investigators get to the Philippines. endobj /Pg 18 0 R 2. /K 15 In his inauguration speech, Marcos Jr. said his call for unity resonated with the people to deliver the biggest electoral mandate in the history of Philippine democracy., This is a historic moment for us all, he said. >> << /P 9 0 R Heres why some are concerned about a Marcos Jr. presidency. 242 0 obj 257 0 obj /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R 147 0 R 148 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R 151 0 R] << /S /P Marcos was . /P 9 0 R Human Rights Watch called on Marcos Jr. to end outgoing President Rodrigo Dutertes war on drugs and order the impartial investigation and appropriate prosecution of officials responsible for extrajudicial killings. /S /P /P 9 0 R /K 2 /StructParents 5 /Parent 8 0 R 292 0 obj >> >> /S /P >> /Type /Pages /P 9 0 R 307 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 101 0 obj >> >> Costs of dictatorship. /Pg 18 0 R Marcos Sr. lived in Hawaii, stricken with numerous health issues, until his death three years later. In a land of people with the greatest potential for achievement, and yet they were poor. 137 0 obj /P 9 0 R endobj 289 0 obj >> Duterte-Carpio sported a gray dress and clutched a bouquet of white flowers. << << The generalized spread of disinformation has created an environment which has made it difficult for many voters to make informed decisions at the polling station, said Charles Santiago, a Malaysian lawmaker and chairperson of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights. 147 0 obj >> /Pg 21 0 R /P 9 0 R /S /P endobj /Author (end user1) /S /P /P 9 0 R /S /P In 2010, Marcos Jr. became a senator. /K 2 /Parent 7 0 R /Pg 13 0 R /S /P << endobj /K 403 0 R /S /Transparency /K 369 0 R Two of the countrys most notorious political families are teaming up for the upcoming presidential election to consolidate and control power. 178 0 R 179 0 R 180 0 R 181 0 R 182 0 R 183 0 R 184 0 R 185 0 R 186 0 R 187 0 R /S /Transparency /K 8 /S /P endobj 139 0 obj /K 6 >> /K 3 endobj /S /P endobj Though Marcos Jr. has said he would expand the PCGG and tackle graft and corruption, many worry justice will not be served. << >> /Pg 15 0 R 88 0 obj /K 424 0 R << >> << /Pg 23 0 R 136 0 obj A Warner Bros. /Pg 19 0 R /P 9 0 R >> endobj /Parent 6 0 R << /P 9 0 R /Pg 22 0 R >> 320 0 obj /S /P << /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj >> /Filter /FlateDecode /S /P endobj /K 11 endobj /S /P endobj /P 9 0 R /StructParents 13 endobj /S /P /P 9 0 R Did you encounter any technical issues? /Pg 25 0 R 323 0 obj << /K 11 Microsoft Word 2010 /P 9 0 R << Dutertes administration targeted civil society and the media slapping tax evasion charges on local, independent media outlets that challenged the governments policies and claims, and arresting editors. /Pg 20 0 R /S /P endobj /Pg 22 0 R /K [425 0 R 426 0 R] /P 9 0 R Only I have the right to look back. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /P 9 0 R endobj /K 446 0 R >> << /P 9 0 R /S /P /Pg 19 0 R /K 431 0 R >> 274 0 obj /S /P Imelda Marcos, Ferdinand's wife, who elevated the hoarding and ostentatious display of ill-gotten riches to cartoonishly villainous levels, . /Chart /Sect /S /P >> << /Parent 3 0 R /S /Footnote /K 12 << << (In the Philippines, the president and vice president are elected separately. Marcos attended school in . /Pg 26 0 R << /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /Pg 25 0 R endobj << >> 252 0 obj /Rotate 0 /P 9 0 R 112 0 obj Updated This split-ticket voting allows for the president and vice president to come from different parties and have differing political views, as is currently the case.) << /S /P << /K 4 << /S /P 52 0 obj /Pg 20 0 R /Pg 25 0 R /S /P >> Now he is on the cusp of doing so. /S /P /Font << >> /S /P /P 9 0 R >> endobj /P 9 0 R 8 [152 0 R 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R 156 0 R 157 0 R 158 0 R 159 0 R 160 0 R 161 0 R >> 61 0 obj endobj >> /P 9 0 R A fierce anti-communist and gifted orator who was supported by the U.S., the elder Marcos was first elected president in 1965, but his rule swiftly descended into a kleptocratic dictatorship. /Pg 20 0 R endobj /S /P >> /K 10 endobj /Pg 13 0 R The specter of violence was horrific and deliberate. endobj BY Argyll Cyrus Geducos. /K 9 92 0 obj Their supporters say the Marcos years were a boon for the country, with the building of major infrastructure projects like hospitals, roads and bridges. I once knew a man who saw what little had been achieved since independence. 226 0 obj >> endobj /K 13 Imelda Marcos was found guilty of corruption in 2018 but a Supreme Court appeal remains pending and she never went to prison. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] << 111 0 obj /Type /Page 185 0 obj << endobj /S /Transparency /Pg 12 0 R /MarkInfo << << Ninoy's death prompted the historic EDSA People Power Revolution which toppled . But his election campaign was dominated by his fathers legacy, including the slogan rise again tapping into the nostalgia of some who saw the period under Marcos Sr. as a golden era for the country. /S /P /K 3 133 0 obj /Pg 21 0 R endobj >> >> >> /Pg 16 0 R >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P << /S /P endobj /P 9 0 R 280 0 obj /K 5 /Resources << >> /Pg 27 0 R >> /S /P >> /S /P I want to be on the good side, on democracys side, and say that Marcos and Duterte-Carpio will have a tough battle, but that defeats all my training in political science, he told me. /Type /Page endobj 141 0 obj 152 0 obj Some fear Marcos Jr. will continue down Dutertes path and that disinformation will further obscure the truth, making it harder to hold those in power accountable. Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 - September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician and lawyer. /P 9 0 R /K 8 Cory Aquino became the new President with Doy Laurel sworn in as her Vice President.. (Photo by Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images), bilateral relationship has frayed recently, investigation by the International Criminal Court. Did you encounter any technical issues? /Pg 19 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /S /P 258 0 R 259 0 R 260 0 R 261 0 R 262 0 R 263 0 R 264 0 R 265 0 R 266 0 R 267 0 R >> 155 0 obj They are plunderers, Arugay said of the clan. The upcoming election is a direct two-way contest between the former dictator's son Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr and human rights lawyer and leader of the "pink revolution" Leni . /S /P << All Rights Reserved. endobj [ endobj /Pg 25 0 R /K 6 /S /P 313 0 obj /K 7 /S /P << /Type /Group 171 0 obj /K 17 /P 9 0 R endobj /K 1 << What will happen to civil society? << /S /P /Pg 27 0 R He finished high school and liberal arts course at the University . endobj /K 2 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Rotate 0 /P 9 0 R << /P 9 0 R /Pg 23 0 R 126 0 obj >> /S /P >> /Pg 24 0 R /K 2 endobj /F4 339 0 R << /K 17 << /K 6 258 0 obj << endobj /P 9 0 R /Pg 21 0 R /Pg 23 0 R During that time, tens of thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured or killed for perceived or real criticism of the government, according to human rights groups. /Pg 26 0 R << /S /P /P 9 0 R The third was created at the country's independence from the United States in 1946 and survived until 1973, by when Ferdinand Marcos, the president, had declared martial law. 94 0 obj >> >> /K 10 endobj /Type /Group /P 9 0 R /S /P /Pg 27 0 R /P 9 0 R >> << >> /F6 338 0 R /P 9 0 R >> /S /P Discovery Company. /F1 336 0 R 38 0 R 39 0 R 40 0 R 41 0 R 42 0 R 43 0 R 44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R 47 0 R /Parent 8 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /CS /DeviceRGB endobj 125 0 obj >> /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R The election of the Philippines' new president, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., in May 2022 has proven exceptionally significant for Washington's security . /S /P /K [396 0 R 397 0 R] << endobj << /K 387 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] << << /Pg 12 0 R /S /P endobj >> endobj /S /P << /F1 336 0 R endobj /Font << 247 0 R] /K 16 << /S /P Nap, a lawyer, was also a staunch critic of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., the dictator who ruled the country for . /CropBox [0 0 612 792] The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? It was not long after her election as a senator that Kalaw became a staunch critic of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos. 71 0 obj /P 9 0 R /ParentTreeNextKey 16 /K 402 0 R /K 8 endobj << /P 9 0 R /K 10 Answer (1 of 2): Those born in 1980 have no first hand knowledge of the Marcos dictatorship. /Tabs /S /S /P With the alliance of the Marcoses and Dutertes, the danger of that continuing or worsening, he said, is very real.. >> /P 9 0 R Tens of thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured or killed for perceived or real criticism of the government, human rights groups say. /Type /Group O ne of the most persistent myths about the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos was on the flourishing and vibrancy of democracy during his time. >> >> A future of sufficiency, even plenty, of readily available ways and means to get done what needs doing, he said. << endobj /P 9 0 R /K [427 0 R 428 0 R 429 0 R] /P 9 0 R << He threatened and jailed critics. >> /Rotate 0 Critics say those projects were built on the back of widespread corruption, foreign loans and ballooning debt. >> /K 433 0 R /P 9 0 R 170 0 obj endobj /S /P endobj /K 392 0 R /K 21 /S /P /K 17 endobj /S /P >> >> endobj << /StructParents 1 Updated at 10:57 a.m. 2015-06-10T12:06:38+08:00 << Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much << << endobj << 93 0 obj >> As a legislator, Robredo co-wrote an anti-dynasty bill, one of the numerous failed efforts to curb the rampant nepotism within the countrys political system, whose outcome Barry Gutierrez, her spokesperson, told me was unsurprising given the vested interests at stake. /F1 336 0 R << /K 11 >> /P 9 0 R << endobj /P 9 0 R /S /P 308 0 R 309 0 R 310 0 R 311 0 R 312 0 R 313 0 R 314 0 R 315 0 R 316 0 R 317 0 R /Pg 22 0 R >> 68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R 71 0 R 72 0 R 73 0 R 74 0 R 75 0 R 76 0 R 77 0 R endobj 204 0 obj endobj 250 0 obj "The two leaders will hold a bilateral meeting to discuss areas of mutual . endobj endobj /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /S /P /Type /Page /S /P << << /Resources << >> Was the event, attended by numerous members of the Philippine elite and closely watched for hints of the countrys political direction, one headline wondered, the wedding of the century? /Pg 25 0 R /K 13 >> /Type /Page /Resources << /S /P endobj /P 9 0 R 278 0 R 279 0 R 280 0 R 281 0 R 282 0 R 283 0 R 284 0 R 285 0 R 286 0 R 287 0 R /Pg 24 0 R endobj /Pg 16 0 R /P 9 0 R >> >> /S /P endobj >> /Pg 16 0 R << >> << /Type /Page /K 400 0 R 66 0 obj Former first lady Imelda Marcos was famously known for her extravagance and excess spending, which included an extensive designer shoe collection. I want to be an idealist. >> /Pg 12 0 R >> /P 9 0 R >> /Font << /CS /DeviceRGB /F7 360 0 R 21 0 obj 248 0 obj /S /P 44 0 obj /XObject << >> 207 0 obj /P 9 0 R /Tabs /S << << /Pg 26 0 R endobj /S /P /StructParents 4 /S /P /K 3 endobj /K 3 endobj /K 1 endobj >> /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, in November 1985. . 202 0 obj Aug 22, 2022 1:37 PM . 200 0 obj /Pg 27 0 R >> /K 7 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Rotate 0 /S /Footnote /P 9 0 R /Parent 8 0 R endobj /S /P /S /P /S /P /K 18 /K 10 117 0 obj << Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated to his first term as the 10th president of the Philippines on December 30, 1965, after winning the Philippine presidential election of 1965 against the incumbent president, Diosdado Macapagal. /P 9 0 R /F3 337 0 R /K 14 /S /P (On the campaign trail, Marcos struggles to tell the truth about basic aspects of his life and has consistently lied about details as varied as his academic record and his age.) >> endobj $HEb ~ h3K#)VB';Acgf'fz<>5pO,J;/`AeNJ$JF"MG5%]W|2XZxl-I\Gjwlw7\"!1 . Ferdinand Marcos (September 11, 1917-September 28, 1989) ruled the Philippines with an iron fist from 1966 to 1986. >> Updated /F3 337 0 R /S /P << /F3 337 0 R >> /S /P 67 0 obj 179 0 obj /F3 337 0 R The Presidential Commission on Good Governance has recovered less than half the stolen wealth and active cases remain. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] Lucrative building contracts went to friends and family. endobj << endobj >> /S /P It was not simply a dictatorship of one; it was the dictatorship of a dynasty.. 148 0 obj /Pg 24 0 R >> >> >> /Pg 19 0 R >> But rather than facing repercussions for their crimes, the family set about rebuilding. endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] In the absence of strong political parties, the family has become the main reliable collective mechanism, he said. /P 9 0 R /StructTreeRoot 4 0 R More than 30 million Filipinos voted for Marcos Jr., more than double that of his closest rival, the outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo, partial and unofficial results showed. US President Joe Biden spoke with Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, congratulating him on his election win, according to a White House readout of the call. /P 9 0 R /Workbook /Document /Pg 25 0 R Marcos Jr. thanked his mother, the 92-year-old former first lady Imelda Marcos, who attended the ceremony. /S /P The decision to team up was both deftly strategic and highly symbolic of the state of politics in the country. /P 9 0 R << widow of late opposition senator Ninoy Aquino who was a staunch Marcos critic. /S /P /P 9 0 R Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much /Count 5 /Rotate 0 176 0 obj >> 3 [96 0 R 97 0 R 98 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R 101 0 R 102 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R /CS /DeviceRGB << >> endobj 131 0 obj << 205 0 obj /P 9 0 R /K 0 The results have been a resounding, frightening testament to the influence of historical revisionism in the absence of repercussions and accountability. << /K 432 0 R >> /K 438 0 R 258 0 R 259 0 R 260 0 R 261 0 R 262 0 R 263 0 R 264 0 R 265 0 R 266 0 R 267 0 R /S /Footnote /S /P /F3 337 0 R << 69 0 obj << >> /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Rotate 0 endobj The 'Omega 12 was behind Ferdinand Marcos' Martial Law. 233 0 obj /Pg 26 0 R 284 0 obj /F6 338 0 R /P 9 0 R >> 318 0 obj << /K 6 /S /P endobj stream Magellan was the Portuguese explorer who supposedly "discovered" the Philippines for Spain in 1521, and was killed during the battle of Mactan in the island of Cebu, the . 199 0 obj /K 2 Ferdinand Emmanuel Edraln Marcos (September 11, 1917 - September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /P 9 0 R Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., also known by his nickname Bongbong, is a Filipino politician currently serving as the 17th president of the Philippines.The only son of 10th president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., he was only a minor when his father had declared martial law in 1972.Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. was elected Vice Governor of Ilocos Norte in 1980 unopposed. /P 9 0 R /S /P /Pg 17 0 R Opinion: Imelda Marcos's shoe collection was glimpse into a frightening reign. /P 9 0 R 64-year-old Ferdinand Marcos Jr is frontrunner to be the next president of the Philippines. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] endobj /S /P /K 8 << /Type /Catalog /Parent 6 0 R << /Rotate 0 President Marcos approved Ninoy's trip to America on May 8, 1980, with the First Lady facilitating it. endobj << /S /P This myth, however, misses reality by miles. /Contents 361 0 R /S /P >> << << Son of dictator poised for the presidency as the Philippines goes to the polls, I am here not to talk about the past, I am here to tell you about our future. 300 0 obj 40 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R The Marcos family has repeatedly denied abuses under martial law and using state funds for their personal use. endobj >> /Type /Page << /P 9 0 R He was governor when, six years later, his family were chased into exile in Hawaii following a People Power revolution that toppled his fathers regime in 1986. /S /P But critics say his rise to power was the culmination of a decades-long attempt to rebrand the Marcos familys name and image, most recently through a supercharged social media campaign. >> >> /Group << /Pg 23 0 R /Type /Group 88 0 R 89 0 R 90 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R 93 0 R 94 0 R 95 0 R 96 0 R 97 0 R He also murdered a family political rival. /Pg 22 0 R /S /P 14 0 obj >> << /Pg 27 0 R >> << Bongbongs sister, Imee, is now a senator. /K 14 /Type /StructTreeRoot NAPOLEON "Nap" Rama is the son of Don Vicente Rama, the "Father of the Cebu City Charter.". 134 0 obj Marcos Jr., 64, is the son and namesake of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., whose 21-year kleptocratic rule of the country from 1965 to 1986 was marked by human rights abuses, widespread . Lapid, a broadcaster and staunch critic of former and current administrations, was gunned down in Las Pias on October 3. /S /P /S /P endobj << /K 5 /Pg 19 0 R 16 0 obj << /Pg 15 0 R /K 3 Key Facts. /S /P endobj >> The greater concern that Filipinos have has to do with the next six years. /K 1 98 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R 101 0 R 102 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R 106 0 R 107 0 R /Pg 17 0 R 263 0 obj /K 2 endobj Other bonds, such as those forged through godparent relationships and calculated interfamily marriages, create a far-reaching web of incestuous connections. /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R 157 0 obj >> /S /P >> << << /Pg 21 0 R << /P 9 0 R >> At least 61 lawyers have been killed during Dutertes time in office, according to figures collected by the Philippine news site Rappler. /Group << Bongbong was elected to the House of Representatives in 1992, beginning a decades-long effort to attain the presidency and whitewash the Marcos familys history while reestablishing its power. /K 13 Discovery Company. The May 9 election also saw the partnership of another major political dynasty: the Dutertes. /K 406 0 R 90 0 obj /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R 206 0 obj September 29, 1989. >> >> /Pg 14 0 R Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos, is surrounded by supporters after filing his certificate of candidacy for president in the 2022 national election, in . 31 0 obj endobj /Im1 342 0 R /Subtype /XML endobj 208 0 R 209 0 R 210 0 R 211 0 R 212 0 R 213 0 R 214 0 R 215 0 R 216 0 R 217 0 R /Pg 25 0 R /S /P /F6 338 0 R /K 15 On Tuesday, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa said the government had ordered her news organization Rappler to shut down. You picked me to be your servant, to enable changes to benefit all. /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 26 0 R /Pg 14 0 R >> << << endobj /P 9 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] << Shortly afterward, his son, Ferdinand Jr., emerged from his father's room at St. Francis Medical Center and announced that the senior Marcos had been taken to "a . /F1 336 0 R 260 0 obj /S /Transparency 169 0 obj endobj endobj Ferdinand Marcos, in full Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, (born September 11, 1917, Sarrat, Philippinesdied September 28, 1989, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.), Philippine lawyer and politician who, as head of state from 1966 to 1986, established an authoritarian regime in the Philippines that came under criticism for corruption and for its suppression of democratic processes. >> /Contents 362 0 R << /P 9 0 R >> >> ] /Font << /Pg 16 0 R >> /S /P /Pg 24 0 R Marcos wore a dark suit with a boutonniere pinned to his lapel, his face partially obscured by a mauve-colored mask. /S /P /F3 337 0 R 186 0 obj * But Reagan was elected in 1980 and he told Marcos that in order to get more loans, he should scrap Martial Law in 1981 and hold no. /Pg 26 0 R << /K 8 Villanueva was referring to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., . 79 0 obj /P 9 0 R << /Pg 17 0 R /P 9 0 R /F6 338 0 R /K 7 /K 2 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /StructParents 14 Who is 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr and why are some Filipinos nervous about his family's return? /S /P Marcos declared Martial Law Septe. /S /P endobj 145 0 obj stream 188 0 obj /Pg 21 0 R /Tabs /S The International Criminal Court announced in September that it was opening an investigation into the campaign, describing it as a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population. Duterte reacted, as he often does, angrily and rashly, unilaterally withdrawing from the court and rebuking his countrys Supreme Court when its judges advised him to cooperate with the investigation. << 211 0 obj << Many of the victims were mutilated and then dumped roadside for passersby to see, McCoy wrote: Marcoss regime intimidated by random displays of its torture victimsbecoming thereby a theater state of terror., Bongbong dropped out of Oxford University but used his familys connections to secure a spot in the ultracompetitive M.B.A. program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, despite not having an undergraduate degree. >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 70 0 obj /K 7 /P 9 0 R << 36 0 obj /Pg 17 0 R << endobj /S /P /P 9 0 R /K [439 0 R 440 0 R 441 0 R 442 0 R 443 0 R 444 0 R] /Pg 14 0 R 108 0 obj endobj /K 14 /P 9 0 R /K [458 0 R 459 0 R 460 0 R] The decision has brought together two of the countrys most notorious political families at a moment when its democratic institutions seem particularly imperiled. endobj << << /F3 337 0 R >> << /Type /Group /K 4 >> endobj 305 0 obj /Type /Pages /P 9 0 R 32 0 obj endobj /K 2 >> >> 275 0 obj /Parent 8 0 R >> 238 0 R 239 0 R 240 0 R 241 0 R 242 0 R 243 0 R 244 0 R 245 0 R 246 0 R 247 0 R >> /P 9 0 R /Group << /Font << 220 0 obj 189 0 obj /S /P << >> endobj << /F3 337 0 R /S /P /Pg 25 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R << endobj /F5 351 0 R /Pg 22 0 R Marcos family, friends surprise First Lady Liza on her 63rd birthday. /S /P /P 9 0 R /K 7 /CreationDate (D:20150610120610+08'00') /K 4 endobj 120 0 obj Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. celebrates as he greets the crowd outside his headquarters in Mandaluyong, Philippines on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. /S /P 146 0 obj /S /P >> 188 0 R 189 0 R 190 0 R 191 0 R 192 0 R 193 0 R 194 0 R 195 0 R 196 0 R 197 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R >> /P 9 0 R /Contents 356 0 R /Group << /Parent 8 0 R /S /P INTRODUCTION. /P 9 0 R 168 0 obj Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., who fled with his parents to Hawaii in 1986, was elected president last May, capping off his family's triumphant return to the heights of Philippine politics . /S /P 98 0 obj endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 21 0 R >> Manila (AFP) -. Imelda Marcos, Ferdinand's wife, who elevated the hoarding and ostentatious display of ill-gotten riches to cartoonishly villainous levels, has said that she stuffed her kids' diapers with diamonds before departing. << >> /ParentTree 10 0 R Ferdinand E. Marcos, 72, who as ruler of the Philippines for more than two decades impoverished his country and came to personify corruption and greed in . 306 0 obj /K 6 /P 9 0 R Normally, there wouldn't be any snap elections because the country was in Martial Law from 1972. His current campaign faces a host of petitions submitted to election officials that seek to have him barred from contesting the polls. << I will let them into the country, but only as tourists, Marcos Jr. said in January, according to Reuters. /K 6 /Type /Page /P 9 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K 11 /S /P /Contents 357 0 R << >> /S /P >> endobj /Pg 27 0 R >> /K 10 /Pg 24 0 R /K 9 endobj /F1 336 0 R /P 9 0 R << endobj >> >> endobj >> endobj 249 0 obj /Pg 26 0 R An unsettled estate tax of the Marcos family is estimated to now be worth $3.9 billion, but there are concerns Marcos Jr. would scrub that. >> /K 9 /K 6 /CS /DeviceRGB Microsoft Word 2010 >> endobj >> << >> /P 9 0 R The Marcos clan was met at an airfield by the governor of Hawaii, an old friend, who greeted the authoritarian with traditional flower leis. /P > > 304 0 obj September 29, 1989 /Pg 27 0 /Pg. 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