The Return of Marcos

Bongbong, the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos, won the Philippines Presidential Election. He was propelled by massive social media propaganda to cleanse his family’s name and the disappointment of the people towards oligarchic democracy.

Iwan Kurniawan

May 16, 2022

HUNDREDS of demonstrators stormed the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) office in Intramuros, Manila, the Philippines, on Tuesday morning, May 10. They called into question the result of the general election held the previous day in which Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos, won the Philippines Presidential Election.

Danilo Arao from Kontra Daya, an independent election watchdog that t

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