Thousands of Filipinos gathered yesterday to mark the anniversary of a “People Power” uprising against late Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, with a new Marcos era potentially just 10 weeks away.
Thirty-six years after his father was overthrown and driven into exile, Ferdinand Marcos Jr is a runaway leader in opinion polls for the presidency, the end-game of a decades-long political fightback by a family accused of leading one of Asia’s most notorious kleptocracies.
Rival Leni Robredo, the incumbent vice president, trailed by 44 points in the latest survey.
Opponents to the 64-year-old Marcos Jr, a former congressman and senator, held events yesterday seeking