Survivors of the brutal regime of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos have described his son’s apparent landslide presidential election victory as the product of trickery and disinformation, warning that it is unlikely the billions stolen by his family can now be recovered, and that human rights are likely to weaken.
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr had won more than 30.8 million votes in a highly divisive presidential election by Monday, an unofficial count showed. His vote tally is more than double that of his closest challenger, the human rights lawyer and current vice president, Leni Robredo, who had campaigned based on
AT least six individuals on Thursday filed a petition seeking to disqualify former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (pic) from the 2022 presidential race over his four tax-related convictions
A new disqualification case was filed on Thursday, Dec. 2 against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong” Marcos Jr. by Akbayan Partylist as well as various sectoral leaders and martial law victims before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
(Photo from Akbayan's Facebook page / MANILA BULLE