His statement in October came days after the killing of veteran journalist Percival "Percy Lapid" Mabasa, a staunch critic of . /Rotate 0 /Pg 26 0 R Imees son Matthew Marcos Manotoc was also reelected as governor of Ilocos Norte in 2022. Imelda Marcos. /K 436 0 R << 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. /P 9 0 R 311 0 obj >> 178 0 R 179 0 R 180 0 R 181 0 R] >> The Marcos regime may have ended in the 1980s, but campaigners say the Marcoses were never held accountable for the scale of their misdeeds and fear Marcos Jr. could erode efforts to settle past injustices. >> >> 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. Rodrigo Duterte is mercurial and prone to erratic outbursts. /Pg 17 0 R /StructParents 5 /P 9 0 R /S /P 236 0 obj /F5 351 0 R In the documentary The Kingmaker, Imelda Marcos described it as her son's destiny to become the president. >> /K 3 13 0 obj /S /P /P 9 0 R 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. << 197 0 obj << In some ways, he said, it is like the medieval ages., Beginning when he was a toddler, Marcos Jr., better known as Bongbong, served as a political prop for his father, Ferdinand Marcos. >> /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R >> /Type /Page /S /Transparency endobj /Pg 27 0 R /S /P /S /P /S /P << /S /P << >> >> >> /K 5 >> << 34 0 obj But rather than facing repercussions for their crimes, the family set about rebuilding. /P 9 0 R Activist groups planned to protest the inauguration in Manila, calling for accountability for alleged crimes committed under the Marcos Sr. dictatorship, CNN Philippines reported. In mid-December, he abruptly withdrew. endobj /S /P 293 0 obj endobj /F7 360 0 R >> /Pg 23 0 R /Pg 25 0 R /K 9 /S /P More than three decades later, in October 2021, the late dictator's son and namesake, 64-year-old Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., announced his intention to become the next president of the . /S /P /P 9 0 R 220 0 obj /F3 337 0 R His uncle swore him into the position at the Philippine embassy in the U.S. After returning to the Philippines, Bongbong became governor of the province in 1983, when his aunt stepped down after more than a decade in power. /K 5 /S /P /S /P /F1 336 0 R /Type /Pages /K 10 Why are they not in jail right now?. /Parent 7 0 R 252 0 obj /P 9 0 R >> /Pg 22 0 R /S /P << << endobj /Pg 20 0 R /Contents 352 0 R The pair proved at least one of the rampant rumors true a few days later, when they announced that they would be running mates in the presidential election in May 2022. /Im1 342 0 R He also praised his father, the late dictator, in his speech. /Type /Group /CreationDate (D:20150610120610+08'00') >> << /StructParents 3 /Pg 13 0 R /Parent 8 0 R /K 449 0 R endobj /F1 336 0 R /S /P /S /P /S /P >> 251 0 obj /P 9 0 R /K 366 0 R endobj endobj /K [412 0 R 413 0 R] (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.) << /Pg 17 0 R /P 9 0 R 74 0 obj the spiral dance audiobook. /S /P /S /P /S /P Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son of the late dictator Ferdinand Sr, is poised to become the next president of the Philippines, despite his father's legacy of brutality and corruption. /K [427 0 R 428 0 R 429 0 R] 4 [107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R 115 0 R 116 0 R /P 9 0 R /K 435 0 R /CS /DeviceRGB 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. /Pg 25 0 R /K 6 Updated 106 0 R] << 2 [86 0 R 87 0 R 88 0 R 89 0 R 90 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R 93 0 R 94 0 R 95 0 R] 170 0 obj /K 433 0 R endobj /S /P /S /P >> endobj He was President of the Philippines (1965-1986) and Prime Minister (1978-1981) of the Republic of the Philippines. /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj << /K [415 0 R 416 0 R] /S /P /Worksheet /Part /Pg 12 0 R /K [455 0 R 456 0 R 457 0 R] /K 22 /P 9 0 R 207 0 obj Two of the countrys most notorious political families are teaming up for the upcoming presidential election to consolidate and control power. BY Argyll Cyrus Geducos. /P 9 0 R /Type /Pages << /P 9 0 R 6 0 obj endobj << endobj >> /K 10 261 0 obj 304 0 obj /StructParents 13 237 0 obj Despite his popularity among millions of voters, many Filipinos are shocked by his win and what it means for democracy in the Philippines. /K 10 Advertising. /S /P 126 0 obj /S /P MANILA, Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, was sworn in as Philippine president Thursday in one of the greatest political . /Pg 27 0 R >> << 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 . It was 25 February 1986 and millions were marching to oust Ferdinand Marcos Sr, the authoritarian leader of the Philippines. Marcos died at 3:40 a.m. PDT. /K 370 0 R /Parent 7 0 R Ferdinand Marcos Jr, 64, known as "Bongbong", and more recently, "BBM", is the only son of the late dictator who ruled the Philippines for almost two decades until he was forced out of power by a peaceful popular revolt in 1986. endobj /K 16 Ferdinand Marcos was toppled by the movement, triggered in part by the assassination of his political rival three years earlier. 176 0 obj >> 210 0 obj Ferdinand Marcos Jr., . 137 0 obj /P 9 0 R << /Pg 24 0 R << /S /P /Pg 24 0 R /P 9 0 R /S /P /S /P /P 9 0 R >> /P 9 0 R >> /Pg 12 0 R /K 363 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] This article previously misspelled the names of Imee Marcos and Isko Moreno. >> Discovery Company. /S /P Discovery Company. >> endobj /K 12 /Pg 14 0 R In 2000, Dumlao, a close ally of Marcos, met Danish Neils . President Biden underscored that he looks forward to working with the President-elect to continue strengthening the US-Philippine Alliance, while expanding bilateral cooperation on a wide range of issues, including the fight against Covid-19, addressing the climate crisis, promoting broad-based economic growth, and respect for human rights, said the readout. He was never to return to the Philippines again. /StructParents 0 /Pg 19 0 R /Rotate 0 >> /Resources << >> . endobj /P 9 0 R << /Pg 15 0 R Compared with the Marcoses, the Dutertes are relative upstarts in the world of political dynasties; this explains in part why Duterte-Carpio has hitched herself to Bongbong. 105 0 obj << << /K 5 >> >> /Tabs /S /S /P /K 2 << /Font << 18 0 obj endobj /Pg 14 0 R /Group << /P 9 0 R endobj /K 431 0 R << Imelda Marcos was found guilty of corruption in 2018 but a Supreme Court appeal remains pending and she never went to prison. /Pg 24 0 R << /P 9 0 R >> /P 9 0 R >> 2. << >> /P 9 0 R >> /Pg 27 0 R << /K 1 << endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P /Pg 27 0 R >> /F3 337 0 R /S /P /S /P /K 20 /CS /DeviceRGB /S /P << /S /P /CS /DeviceRGB 112 0 obj /CS /DeviceRGB >> /K 4 /S /P /Pg 20 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj /Type /Catalog The cheers could be heard in Judy Taguiwalo's jail cell, where she sat clutching her infant daughter. /S /P << 169 0 obj /Pg 13 0 R 286 0 obj /S /P >> /P 9 0 R endobj >> The official question reads: "In office from 2022, the president of this country has taken so many foreign trips. >> /S /P /S /P endobj Bongbongs sister, Imee, is now a senator. /Pg 25 0 R endobj >> /Pg 24 0 R /S /P endobj >> Bongbong had one of his few political setbacks in 2016, when his vice-presidential bid came up just short. /S /P endobj /P 9 0 R >> endobj /Tabs /S /Pg 24 0 R endobj /Kids [6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R] endobj /S /P The Marcos family lived a lavish lifestyle while in power, spending money on expensive artworks, overseas properties and jewels, even as debt spiraled and millions suffered in poverty. When people say the Marcoses are back, I often tell them, Have they ever left power?, Arugay said. << >> 320 0 obj >> /K 10 /Pg 22 0 R /S /P endobj << >> endobj Duterte-Carpio sported a gray dress and clutched a bouquet of white flowers. /F1 336 0 R >> Fr. >> endobj 161 0 obj << endobj << 163 0 obj endobj endobj /Type /Page /P 9 0 R >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /P 9 0 R 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. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << >> >> /Tabs /S /P 9 0 R endobj << /K 419 0 R 82 0 obj endobj /Pg 14 0 R /K 8 73 0 obj /Pg 26 0 R /P 9 0 R /S /P 120 0 obj endobj /Parent 7 0 R /Pg 22 0 R endobj << 123 0 obj /Count 6 /F6 338 0 R /P 9 0 R Dutertes government tried, unsuccessfully, to prevent her from attending the ceremony in Norway.) /K 446 0 R /S /P These are just some of the questions and these are fundamental ones for those who resisted the Marcoses return to power, said Cornelio, associate professor and director of development studies at the Ateneo de Manila university. << 46 0 obj /P 9 0 R endobj endobj /K 17 >> /K 392 0 R 136 0 obj At least one is related to his failure to pay fines stemming from his 1995 tax-evasion conviction, which was upheld in 1997. Upon their return to the Philippines, Marcos Jr. became a congressional representative in his home province. /S /P /Resources << 294 0 obj endobj >> 52 0 obj During his time in power, extrajudicial killings and corruption proliferated. >> /S /P << /K 4 175 0 obj Ferdinand Emmanuel Edraln Marcos (September 11, 1917 - September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. 166 0 obj /K 3 Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much /Nums [0 [59 0 R 60 0 R 61 0 R 62 0 R 63 0 R 64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R 67 0 R 68 0 R 267 0 obj endobj 139 0 obj /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R << >> endobj Who is 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr and why are some Filipinos nervous about his family's return? >> /Pg 18 0 R >> 171 0 obj endobj /Contents 346 0 R His rule spanned 20 years, beginning in 1965 up to his downfall in 1983. << /S /P /P 9 0 R /Group << endobj /Pg 16 0 R /P 9 0 R All Rights Reserved. /CS /DeviceRGB /Rotate 0 endobj /S /Transparency endobj It was not simply a dictatorship of one; it was the dictatorship of a dynasty.. endobj /F3 337 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /StructParents 10 /P 9 0 R The large majority of the money remains unaccounted for. Outspoken Duterte was also known for a history of disparaging remarks, including misogynistic comments about women, the Catholic Church, and world leaders. What will happen to civil society? /S /P /P 9 0 R /K 8 >> /P 9 0 R /Pg 23 0 R << >> endobj << /Parent 8 0 R /P 9 0 R 94 0 obj >> /Pg 21 0 R /Pg 21 0 R /P 9 0 R << /S /P /S /P endobj << /Tabs /S /P 9 0 R /Rotate 0 * 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. /P 9 0 R >> The wedding ceremony held in November on a verdant farm in the Philippines was for the daughter of a senator. >> /Pg 18 0 R /K 0 /K 0 /F1 336 0 R /K 4 /K [458 0 R 459 0 R 460 0 R] /P 9 0 R /K 4 /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] 96 0 obj At least 61 lawyers have been killed during Dutertes time in office, according to figures collected by the Philippine news site Rappler. 256 0 obj /Pg 21 0 R Ferdinand Marcos, (born Sept. 11, 1917, Sarrat, Phil.died Sept. 28, 1989, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.), Philippine head of state (1966-86). 312 0 obj He was again elected governor of Ilocos Norte before completing another term as a representative. /K 5 /Pg 20 0 R Marcos declared Martial Law Septe. The greater concern that Filipinos have has to do with the next six years. 211 0 obj /Resources << endobj 1 0 obj endobj /K 0 /Pg 27 0 R /K 0 /Header /Sect >> /P 9 0 R The 'Omega 12 was behind Ferdinand Marcos' Martial Law. /P 9 0 R << /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /K 15 /K 12 Marcos Jr. has not acknowledged the abuses committed during his fathers dictatorship and the family have repeatedly denied using state funds for their own use. >> 189 0 obj In fact, Marcos sought the help of his '12 apostles,' later known as the "Rolex 12" (named after the Rolex watches that Marcos gave to them as gifts). /S /Transparency /K 432 0 R /P 9 0 R /K 0 /P 9 0 R /Type /Group 104 0 obj 278 0 obj /S /P /Contents 361 0 R << >> << 264 0 obj /P 9 0 R /Type /Page >> /S /P A staunch critic of the countrys diplomacy, the nationalist Senator laro M. Recto has clearly endobj /P 9 0 R endobj 45 0 obj << Marcos should publicly order the military, police and other security forces to cease targeting activists, human rights defenders and journalists for killing and other rights violations. 254 0 obj /K 5 endobj endobj endobj /Footer /Sect /Pg 26 0 R /S /P Days after his death, Abalos presented Escorial, who said he has . /P 9 0 R 219 0 R 220 0 R 221 0 R 222 0 R 223 0 R 224 0 R 225 0 R 226 0 R] /K 393 0 R endobj >> >> 212 0 obj >> /Type /Group >> << /P 9 0 R /Pg 14 0 R >> 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. /S /P >> /Resources << endobj endobj << >> His running mate, Sara Duterte-Carpio, the former Presidents daughter, was sworn in as vice president on June 19, and they will serve until 2028. 195 0 obj /K 7 /Group << 106 0 obj /Font << << But he got it done. >> >> >> >> /S /P /S /P /F1 336 0 R Partial and unofficial results have her as winning a landslide for the vice presidency. /S /P Marcos ran unopposed as a member of his fathers party. /P 9 0 R endobj Answer (1 of 2): Those born in 1980 have no first hand knowledge of the Marcos dictatorship. /S /P /S /P >> 281 0 obj /Group << >> Former first lady Imelda Marcos was famously known for her extravagance and excess spending, which included an extensive designer shoe collection. In 2019, some of the victims started to receive compensation as the paintings that were seized from the Marcoses were . /S /P endobj /K 10 /Pg 18 0 R As well as its restrictions on citizen rights and a brutal military police, the Marcos regime was marked by widespread corruption, with an estimated $10 billion stolen from the Filipino people. /S /P /P 9 0 R >> /S /P They are plunderers, Arugay said of the clan. >> /P 9 0 R endobj /K 1 /S /P After Marcos Snr died in exile in 1989, the sitting president, Corazon Aquino, allowed the other members of his family to return to the Philippines, with Imelda Marcos facing more than 60 criminal . << /Artifact /Sect << /P 9 0 R << /K 14 % << /S /P /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R << His defence minister, Juan Ponce Enrile, had defected and brought with . /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Type /Group /P 9 0 R /K 13 /S /P >> /P 9 0 R /Font << /K 7 /K 6 /K 9 /S /P The United Nations conservatively estimates that security forces carrying out Dutertes years-long war on drugs, a sweeping campaign that has targeted primarily the urban poor, have killed more than 8,600 people. >> 289 0 obj >> << . /P 9 0 R 90 0 obj /K 3 endobj >> endobj /Pg 27 0 R /Resources << 11. Oct. 4, 2022. endobj /P 9 0 R /K 12 138 0 obj << /P 9 0 R endobj >> endobj /Pg 13 0 R >> /S /P >> endobj %PDF-1.6 /S /P endobj /S /P << /CS /DeviceRGB /P 9 0 R /Pg 21 0 R endobj endobj /P 9 0 R /Dialogsheet /Part To his contemporary political class, Marcos departed from the mutual respect that accompanied the patronage system, where power merely passed back . /Pg 25 0 R 156 0 obj 178 0 obj >> << /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R << /Pg 27 0 R /K 2 In fact, Marcos Jr, who briefly attended Oxford, is known as an "aficionado of British culture", and his son, Ferdinand "Sandro" Marcos III, is also mostly British-educated. /Parent 3 0 R /K 4 /K 401 0 R >> endobj /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] << /Pg 24 0 R endobj /S /P /S /P end user1 /K 368 0 R /Annotation /Sect /Pg 14 0 R >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /S /P << /K 7 endobj /K 17 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 << 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? 194 0 obj /Pg 26 0 R /P 9 0 R Updated 308 0 obj /S /P 266 0 obj 5 0 obj /F6 338 0 R 9 0 obj /S /Transparency /P 9 0 R endobj "Go to hell. << 198 0 obj << 124 0 obj Previously, she too was the governor of Ilocos Norte. appreciated. INTRODUCTION. << A fourth one came . /S /Transparency endobj /Group << << Did you encounter any technical issues? >> /Pg 27 0 R /Tabs /S endobj /P 9 0 R 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. /Pg 19 0 R /K 437 0 R << /K 371 0 R /K 8 /K 387 0 R /S /P << /Type /Page << endobj /Pg 15 0 R /Font << /Pg 17 0 R << << CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. 215 0 obj "The two leaders will hold a bilateral meeting to discuss areas of mutual . /StructParents 7 /S /P /P 9 0 R /Resources << The bilateral relationship has frayed recently over dueling claims to areas of the South China Sea, though Marcos Jr. has been building a rapport with the Chinese Ambassador in recent months. /K 398 0 R From employing vicious terrorism and violence during elections to the militarization and "Ilocanization" of the bureaucracy, the record of . << 165 0 obj 109 0 obj /S /P /Pg 24 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj /K 15 << 185 0 obj << 257 0 obj 48 0 obj /K [439 0 R 440 0 R 441 0 R 442 0 R 443 0 R 444 0 R] Photo by Malacanang Presidential Library and Museum. These overlapping fiefdoms help consolidate and control power. 121 0 obj Marcos' apparent landslide victory in the Philippine presidential election is raising immediate concerns about a further erosion of democracy in Asia and could complicate American efforts to blunt growing Chinese influence and power in the Pacific. /S /P /S /P >> /K 7 /S /P 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 . (UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim will discuss the strengthening of political, security and economic relations between their countries during a bilateral meeting in Malacaang today, March 1. /F6 338 0 R 283 0 obj /S /P /P 9 0 R endobj /K 2 158 0 R 159 0 R 160 0 R 161 0 R 162 0 R 163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R 166 0 R 167 0 R >> /S /P >> endobj 119 0 obj 164 0 obj /K 418 0 R Villanueva was referring to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. who imposed a nine-year Martial Law in the Philippines. >> /K 1 /StructParents 6 23 0 obj /K 10 /P 9 0 R Microsoft Word 2010 42 0 obj 129 0 obj >> /Tabs /S /Pg 14 0 R endobj /S /P >> /P 9 0 R 117 0 obj /K 20 << 162 0 R 163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R 166 0 R 167 0 R] >> endobj /K 400 0 R << 1 [77 0 R 78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R 81 0 R 82 0 R 83 0 R 84 0 R 85 0 R] /StructParents 4 33 0 obj >> /S /Footnote /Tabs /S /S /P >> This marked the beginning of a 14-year period of one-man rule which would . 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Son of dictator poised for the presidency as the Philippines goes to the polls. >> /K 407 0 R McCoy estimated that 3,257 extrajudicial killings were carried out under Marcos. /S /P endobj /Pg 19 0 R /P 9 0 R >> /F7 341 0 R Marcos Jr. spoke of healing divisions in the country, promised to grow the economy, recover from the pandemic and lead a more unified, prosperous country. << << endobj >> /S /P 151 0 obj >> << endobj /K 2 Aug 22, 2022 1:37 PM . >> 2023 Cable News Network. /K 0 << endobj /Type /StructTreeRoot Tens of thousands of people were imprisoned and tortured. /K 10 209 0 obj Microsoft Word 2010 232 0 obj endobj >> << /Pg 20 0 R >> endobj /S /Transparency /Group << His administration has overseen a steady decline in press freedom and the killing of scores of activists in raids by security forces (many of whom had been red-tagged, i.e., accused of being communist guerrillas or supporting them). /K 391 0 R >> Updated at 10:57 a.m. /K 10 Ferdinand E. Marcos was born on September 11, 1917 in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte. >> /S /P /K 4 103 0 obj /P 9 0 R He was Senate President from 1963-1965. 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 endobj >> /K 0 /K 9 >> endobj /S /P The Marcos clan was met at an airfield by the governor of Hawaii, an old friend, who greeted the authoritarian with traditional flower leis. /Resources << 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. 272 0 obj /Pg 19 0 R /F1 336 0 R >> /K 1 227 0 obj 179 0 obj endobj You picked me to be your servant, to enable changes to benefit all. /Pg 20 0 R /P 9 0 R 172 0 obj >> >> The two are also looking to continue Philippine dynastic rule. 192 0 obj /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R On Monday, the Philippine presidential frontrunner Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was buoyed after he received an endorsement from the political party of President Rodrigo Duterte. Huge pro-democracy protests unseated Ferdinand Marcos Sr in 1986 from power. /K 372 0 R Marcos attended school in . /Pg 14 0 R /S /P The specter of violence was horrific and deliberate. << /Annots [343 0 R] /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R Critics have pointed to a widespread disinformation campaign, recently supercharged through social media, that has whitewashed the history of the Marcos era, when Marcos Jr.s father ruled the Philippines through a brutal and corrupt dictatorship that ended in a popular uprising in 1986. Just like his father, Nap became a journalist and he stayed in journalism for decades. << << >> /F5 351 0 R /K 14 >> /ParentTreeNextKey 16 Pacifico Ortiz, SJ, [1] was a Filipino Jesuit priest and academic best known as the first Filipino president of the Ateneo de Manila University,[2][3] and as a staunch critic of the Martial Law dictatorship of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos,[4] especially while he served as the delegate of Rizal province to the 1971 Philippine Constitutional Convention. >> 152 0 obj /Pg 27 0 R >> endobj >> /K 13 Ferdinand Marcos, with his wife Imelda at his side and Ferdinand Marcos Jr., far right, on the balcony of Malacanang Palace on February 25, 1986 in Manila. Lapid, a broadcaster and staunch critic of former and current administrations, was gunned down in Las Pias on October 3. << /P 9 0 R endobj << /K 4 << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << And will the administration wipe out martial law in the curriculum? << endobj >> /P 9 0 R endobj >> endobj endobj endobj << When I asked Arugay, the political-science professor, about his projection for the race, he was not optimistic. /Pg 19 0 R 134 0 obj << /Resources << /Type /Page endobj >> /S /P /F3 337 0 R 81 0 obj /K [375 0 R 376 0 R] 114 0 obj /K 0 >> Sociologist Jayeel Cornelio said, While one camp is celebrating, the other camp is worried about the economy, education, and civil liberties.. << /P 9 0 R /K 447 0 R endobj /K 0 endobj endobj endobj >> endobj [1/2] Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr and son of late former dictator Ferdinand Marcos is greeted by his supporters upon his arrival at the Supreme Court in metro Manila, Philippines . >> /Pg 23 0 R /Pg 25 0 R uuid:ed771aaf-9c10-40ab-bc39-2d86995aba98 /CS /DeviceRGB << << /Count 5 >> 8 0 obj << /P 9 0 R 64 0 obj /K 417 0 R >> << /S /P /K 9 << >> 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 Mr Marcos Sr, his wife Imelda and their cronies plundered an estimated $10bn (8.1bn . >> /Pg 25 0 R /Parent 6 0 R By Jason Gutierrez and Mike Ives. endobj /Pg 20 0 R /P 9 0 R 323 0 obj Most of the guests attention, though, was paid not to the bride and the groom but to another duo in attendance. 282 0 obj << /Pg 22 0 R endobj /K 14 << << << /P 9 0 R /Pg 15 0 R >> /K 9 250 0 obj /S /P /CS /DeviceRGB endobj >> endobj But new President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is the son of a former dictator who led a crackdown on the media decades ago, so when radio commentator Percy Lapid was shot dead near Manila on October 3, it . endobj 24 0 obj /P 9 0 R >> 62 0 obj I really do.. 15 [269 0 R 270 0 R 271 0 R 272 0 R 273 0 R 274 0 R 275 0 R 276 0 R 277 0 R 278 0 R /K 3 Critics charged Marcos and his regime with crimes like corruption and nepotism. << >> /S /P /P 9 0 R << /K 5 130 0 obj /S /P /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] endobj /S /P 4 0 obj /S /P /S /P /K 17 Amid weeks of unrelenting speculation about their respective political futures, their stroll down the aisle, predictably, and likely by design, added to the hype. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /P 9 0 R /S /P >> /K 14 /K 6 What will the economy look like in the next six years? >> /S /P endobj immune to criticism, and surrounded by cronies and . /P 9 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] endobj /Pg 12 0 R /K 20 endobj << >> /P 9 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R 131 0 R 132 0 R 133 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R 136 0 R 137 0 R /F9 349 0 R 307 0 obj /K 19 << /Pg 22 0 R endobj Marcos wore a dark suit with a boutonniere pinned to his lapel, his face partially obscured by a mauve-colored mask. /S /P endobj /Pg 19 0 R >> /K 15 188 0 obj << 7 0 obj >> /StructTreeRoot 4 0 R << /S /P /S /P << >> /P 9 0 R 180 0 obj >> endobj /K 3 >> /Pg 27 0 R << /S /P /S /P Marcos was elected president in 1965. 167 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R Everything we have, all the advantages we have gained, any the successes, and any comfort or privilege we enjoy comes from the people, he said in a recent interview with CNN affiliate CNN Philippines. 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