/K 8 /P 9 0 R endobj /S /P endobj /K 0 << /S /P /P 9 0 R >> /F7 360 0 R I once knew a man who saw what little had been achieved since independence. << /Pg 17 0 R /Workbook /Document endobj << >> /P 9 0 R /K 6 /Pg 12 0 R /K 9 /P 4 0 R 75 0 obj endobj >> >> /K 14 /Pg 21 0 R /Pg 27 0 R << /K 14 3 0 obj << >> >> endobj /Pg 25 0 R /Contents 361 0 R endobj /K 8 /S /P /P 9 0 R >> /K 3 /Pg 23 0 R >> 281 0 obj >> /Font << << /S /Footnote 324 0 obj >> Former first lady Imelda Marcos, second right with her daughters Imee Marcos, right, and Irene Marcos Lopez, left, and son Ferdinand Marcos Jr., second left on July 7, 2007 at the National Library in Manila. Funds from institutions such as the World Bank disappeared, with the average Filipino not reaping any benefits. /Rotate 0 << /S /P 37 0 obj << >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. 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 corruption, and plunder of the state coffers. "Go to hell. /CS /DeviceRGB Yet the Marcos family was allowed to return to the Philippines five years after they fled. endobj >> /P 9 0 R /S /Footnote >> 228 0 obj /Pg 26 0 R /Pg 14 0 R endobj /S /P /P 9 0 R >> /P 9 0 R /Metadata 2 0 R /K 4 /XObject << << << << 228 0 R 229 0 R 230 0 R 231 0 R 232 0 R 233 0 R 234 0 R 235 0 R 236 0 R 237 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] /S /P Nap, a lawyer, was also a staunch critic of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., the dictator who ruled the country for . >> << 225 0 obj /Pg 20 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /Pg 25 0 R endobj The decision to team up was both deftly strategic and highly symbolic of the state of politics in the country. /P 9 0 R 17 0 obj /P 9 0 R >> /K 432 0 R /P 9 0 R >> << 84 0 obj The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? 53 0 obj /S /P /P 9 0 R >> /Pg 17 0 R /S /P /S /P /K 12 /Pg 26 0 R 221 0 obj << << /Rotate 0 /P 9 0 R /S /P /P 9 0 R /K 14 << Critics say those projects were built on the back of widespread corruption, foreign loans and ballooning debt. >> << endobj /S /P << /F5 351 0 R 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. << They interlocked arms as they walked. << endobj /Pg 17 0 R >> /Rotate 0 250 0 obj /Pg 27 0 R /S /P /S /P 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. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] 177 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R >> 124 0 obj /S /P /P 9 0 R >> endobj << /P 9 0 R >> /Pg 22 0 R /P 9 0 R /Pg 12 0 R >> >> . /Tabs /S << /K 7 /Resources << endobj /Font << /Pg 25 0 R 2023 Cable News Network. /Kids [6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R] 10 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. /S /P 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 >> The Marcoses have a stronghold in the north, and the Dutertes power base is in the south, making the nepotistic duo immediate front-runners in the contest. >> Marcos Jr. had previously asked the world to judge him by his actions, not by his familys past. << endobj /Pg 19 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /K 1 /Pg 16 0 R /K 9 >> /S /Transparency /S /P /P 9 0 R /K [364 0 R 365 0 R] 12 0 obj /K 3 /S /P /S /P Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the countrys late dictator, escorted Sara Duterte-Carpio, the daughter of the current president, Rodrigo Duterte, past guests sitting in white trellis-backed chairs. /Tabs /S /Pg 27 0 R >> /P 9 0 R 178 0 obj /K 406 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj >> /P 9 0 R /Chart /Sect << /Pg 26 0 R << /Im1 342 0 R /S /P /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] 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. /K 16 << A staunch critic of the countrys diplomacy, the nationalist Senator laro M. Recto has clearly >> It was 25 February 1986 and millions were marching to oust Ferdinand Marcos Sr, the authoritarian leader of the Philippines. /Contents 359 0 R 43 0 obj endobj >> /S /P /S /P /K 10 10 [182 0 R 183 0 R 184 0 R 185 0 R 186 0 R 187 0 R 188 0 R 189 0 R 190 0 R 191 0 R /K 20 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. 307 0 obj endobj /K 9 /P 9 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R INTRODUCTION. /Footnote /Note /Parent 8 0 R >> /Pg 24 0 R /Contents 345 0 R But he got it done. /S /P Duterte-Carpio is the mayor of Davao, a position her father held for more than two decades. /Pg 17 0 R endobj 32 0 obj >> >> /S /P /Group << /Contents 346 0 R /S /P endobj /Annots [343 0 R] /K 7 Marcos Jr. thanked his mother, the 92-year-old former first lady Imelda Marcos, who attended the ceremony. endobj /Pg 19 0 R /S /P /S /P endobj /Parent 6 0 R >> << William Branigin. /Pg 12 0 R %PDF-1.6 /Pg 21 0 R /CS /DeviceRGB /K 0 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. /P 9 0 R Their supporters say the Marcos years were a boon for the country, with the building of major infrastructure projects like hospitals, roads and bridges. endobj endobj /K 8 endobj /F3 337 0 R 234 0 obj /Pg 13 0 R >> /S /P /S /P Answer (1 of 2): Those born in 1980 have no first hand knowledge of the Marcos dictatorship. This has been able to flourish, Aries Arugay, a political-science professor at the University of the Philippines at Diliman, told me, partly because of a weak party system and the lasting legacy of American colonialism, which put political power into the hands of a few select elites. << He led a violent anti-drug war that . /F6 338 0 R Microsoft Word 2010 >> /P 9 0 R 200 0 obj 3:18 AM EDT, Thu June 30, 2022. 237 0 obj Marcos was elected president in 1965. /Pg 16 0 R >> Marcos ran unopposed as a member of his fathers party. 40 0 obj >> /Pg 19 0 R /P 9 0 R /Pg 19 0 R endobj /Font << >> endobj . /S /P Who is 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr and why are some Filipinos nervous about his family's return? >> /S /P /K 369 0 R /S /P /K 5 Answer (1 of 17): Because there was a snap election in Feb 1986. >> endobj /K 4 /K 3 231 0 obj /S /P >> /Type /Page 74 0 obj /Group << The specter of violence was horrific and deliberate. His current campaign faces a host of petitions submitted to election officials that seek to have him barred from contesting the polls. /Pg 18 0 R /K [415 0 R 416 0 R] << /Pg 27 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /Group << 237 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 /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /K 14 << << 247 0 R] /Pg 12 0 R /K 433 0 R 28 0 obj >> >> 38 0 obj 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. /P 9 0 R >> /P 9 0 R /K 4 /S /P /P 9 0 R >> /K 15 /S /P << endobj << His statement in October came days after the killing of veteran journalist Percival "Percy Lapid" Mabasa, a staunch critic of . /Type /Group /Count 5 /P 9 0 R << >> endobj 235 0 obj Advertising. /Pg 15 0 R /Pg 27 0 R He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949-1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959-1965). He also praised his father, the late dictator, in his speech. << Mr Marcos Sr, his wife Imelda and their cronies plundered an estimated $10bn (8.1bn . /StructParents 6 191 0 obj endobj 34 0 obj 50 0 obj >> /K [381 0 R 382 0 R 383 0 R] /P 9 0 R 311 0 obj << >> >> /P 9 0 R << endobj On Tuesday, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa said the government had ordered her news organization Rappler to shut down. 78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R 81 0 R 82 0 R 83 0 R 84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R 87 0 R The Marcoses were a sultanistic family, Arugay told me. 264 0 obj endobj >> /K 1 << << /K 8 Marcos family, friends surprise First Lady Liza on her 63rd birthday. /Pg 21 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R << Ignoring critical publications is bad enough, but . /Font << << endobj /S /P /Type /Page Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ruled the Philippines for 21 years from 1965 until 1986, with the country living under martial law for about half of that time. 136 0 obj >> /P 9 0 R /S /P << /P 9 0 R /Pg 25 0 R >> /K 14 << /Pg 22 0 R /K 8 /K 15 >> /P 9 0 R /S /P /P 9 0 R >> /Type /Group endobj /P 9 0 R /K 13 /K 12 On February 25th 1986 he and the First Lady, Imelda fled the country with their family. /K 10 /K 4 /P 9 0 R In the documentary The Kingmaker, Imelda Marcos described it as her son's destiny to become the president. << << /K 10 Former first lady Imelda Marcos was famously known for her extravagance and excess spending, which included an extensive designer shoe collection. >> /P 9 0 R September 29, 1989. /K 5 /S /P CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. >> 117 0 obj (AP Photo/Aaron Favila). /Pg 12 0 R 134 0 obj /F1 336 0 R 44 0 obj /Pg 19 0 R Presidential frontrunner and former senator, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., graces the stage during a campaign rally in San Fernando, Pampanga, on April 30. 5 [118 0 R 119 0 R 120 0 R 121 0 R 122 0 R 123 0 R 124 0 R 125 0 R 126 0 R] << endobj 86 0 obj 139 0 obj /K 8 /Group << endobj President Dutertes administration cracked down on civil society and the media slapping tax evasion charges on local, independent media outlets that challenged the governments policies and claims, and arresting editors. << /S /P >> /S /P >> /P 9 0 R 306 0 obj Pacifico Ortiz, SJ, (25 Sep 1913 - 9 Dec 1983) was a Filipino Jesuit priest and academic best known as the first Filipino president of the Ateneo de Manila University, and as a staunch critic of the Martial Law dictatorship of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, especially while he served as the delegate of Rizal province to the 1971 Philippine Constitutional Convention. << << >> /S /P /K 450 0 R Marcos was . >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj endobj /P 9 0 R << /S /P /S /P 147 0 R 148 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R 151 0 R] << << /P 9 0 R /S /P endobj /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R << << >> /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son and namesake of the late dictator, was sworn in today as the 17th president of the Philippines. << /S /P /K 8 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj << Bongbongs sister, Imee, is now a senator. The two are also looking to continue Philippine dynastic rule. << The 'Omega 12 was behind Ferdinand Marcos' Martial Law. /S /P << endobj /Font << /S /P 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. /S /P He also murdered a family political rival. /K 9 >> << While it was true that the Peso and the Dollar were close to each other during the beginning of the Marcos era, let's not forget that by the time Macapagal was president, the Peso already sank to 3.70 to a Dollar, and during the first quarter storm in 1970, the Peso went from 4.00 to 6.00 to a Dollar. >> /K 3 >> endobj << endobj Ferdinand Marcos. << << >> /K 4 118 0 R 119 0 R 120 0 R 121 0 R 122 0 R 123 0 R 124 0 R 125 0 R 126 0 R 127 0 R /K 9 /Pg 27 0 R >> /F3 337 0 R /S /P /P 9 0 R Ninoy's death prompted the historic EDSA People Power Revolution which toppled . >> 300 0 obj /S /P endobj /Group << /CS /DeviceRGB 167 0 obj /P 9 0 R /K [451 0 R 452 0 R 453 0 R 454 0 R] He should end the practice of red-tagging accusing activists and government critics of being Communist fighters or supporters, Human Rights Watchs deputy Asia director Phil Robertson said in a statement. Rodrigo Duterte is mercurial and prone to erratic outbursts. >> endobj His fathers corrupt and brutal rule of the Philippines was bolstered by almost a decade of martial law from 1972 to 1981. 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 165 0 obj /K [425 0 R 426 0 R] /Pg 27 0 R << /Pg 21 0 R /K 4 << 315 0 obj 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 62 0 obj << /S /P /K 9 the spiral dance audiobook. 149 0 obj << /Type /Metadata /K 7 223 0 obj /K 4 /S /P << >> Days after his death, Abalos presented Escorial, who said he has . /S /P /P 9 0 R /K 4 /S /P 185 0 obj /Font << endobj >> But if you were born in 1960 (like me) and came to Manila from the bundoks to study in any of the five shortlisted Universities, you will have observed the Dictatorship. << /K 401 0 R /Tabs /S 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. /K [455 0 R 456 0 R 457 0 R] 249 0 obj << >> /K 22 /Pg 18 0 R << 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. endobj /S /P /P 9 0 R /F9 349 0 R The cheers could be heard in Judy Taguiwalo's jail cell, where she sat clutching her infant daughter. /S /P endobj /Type /Group 181 0 obj >> >> 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] 154 0 obj << /P 9 0 R >> /S /Transparency /Type /Page /Pg 20 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /K 11 /S /P /P 9 0 R /Type /Group Marcos wore a dark suit with a boutonniere pinned to his lapel, his face partially obscured by a mauve-colored mask. << 284 0 obj >> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] endobj Listen to the trailer for, McCoy estimated that 3,257 extrajudicial killings. /P 9 0 R endobj endobj 276 0 obj 123 0 obj >> /Resources << endobj /P 9 0 R << 151 0 obj /RoleMap 11 0 R /P 9 0 R >> /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R >> endobj /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /S /P /Rotate 0 /Type /Group >> /S /P /S /P /P 9 0 R /Type /Group /Pg 25 0 R /Rotate 0 /S /P /Pg 23 0 R >> >> endobj /K 9 MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. acknowledged the importance of the media, saying it contributes to national development by helping spread the government's message to the public, Malacaang said Saturday. /Count 6 /K 2 endobj /S /P /S /P He was never to return to the Philippines again. 57 0 obj A staunch critic of Rodrigo Duterte, "she really . /Pg 22 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj /Contents 362 0 R /S /P 292 0 obj /P 9 0 R endobj /S /P /K 0 /P 9 0 R 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. endobj /Pg 23 0 R /S /P A future of sufficiency, even plenty, of readily available ways and means to get done what needs doing, he said. /Chartsheet /Part >> << /S /P << /P 9 0 R >> >> 232 0 obj 11 0 obj << /Pg 22 0 R 2015-06-10T12:06:10+08:00 /K 13 >> 219 0 obj Just like his father, Nap became a journalist and he stayed in journalism for decades. /Type /Pages /Pg 13 0 R << /S /P /Font << >> endobj Her younger brother currently serves as the vice mayor of the city, a position their older brother held until he won a seat in Congress in 2019. /K 5 endobj /P 9 0 R Ferdinand Marcos Jr appears on track to become the next president of the Philippines, . << /K 5 >> >> endobj /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] 219 0 R 220 0 R 221 0 R 222 0 R 223 0 R 224 0 R 225 0 R 226 0 R] 130 0 obj >> endobj /Font << << 288 0 R 289 0 R 290 0 R 291 0 R 292 0 R 293 0 R 294 0 R 295 0 R 296 0 R 297 0 R /K 1 >> 158 0 obj As Marcos prepares to assume the presidency on June 30, his contempt for the media could pose serious risks for democracy in the Philippines. << /Group << endobj 319 0 obj >> >> /Parent 6 0 R has been a staunch critic of the outgoing president, Rodrigo Duterte, criticising his bloody "war on . >> << 93 0 obj /K 16 33 0 obj >> 72 0 obj /K 9 The family squirreled away a fortune estimated in 1987 to be $10 billion, hiding it in shell companies, fine art, and dodgy real-estate deals. endobj /Tabs /S /P 9 0 R endobj /Rotate 0 /P 9 0 R >> /K 3 >> /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R << 182 0 obj /Parent 8 0 R /S /P endobj Huge pro-democracy protests unseated Ferdinand Marcos Sr in 1986 from power. endobj /K 3 >> >> >> /P 9 0 R /K 6 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. endobj /S /P appreciated. << /Font << /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 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 . >> << /K 19 << << << /F6 338 0 R 147 0 obj Tens of thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured or killed for perceived or real criticism of the government, human rights groups say. << /K 7 endobj Photo by Malacanang Presidential Library and Museum. endobj Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is sworn in as President of the Philippines by Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo at National Museum on June 30 in Manila, Philippines. endobj >> /CS /DeviceRGB /S /P 283 0 obj /S /P 258 0 obj /K 8 endobj /K 12 >> /Pg 26 0 R 22 0 obj /Pg 27 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /P 9 0 R /K 8 /K 2 /Pg 25 0 R >> /P 9 0 R 101 0 obj >> /F5 340 0 R endobj /S /P >> << /K 5 /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /S /P 172 0 obj 5 0 obj /P 9 0 R >> /P 9 0 R 98 0 obj >> /P 9 0 R << 13 [227 0 R 228 0 R 229 0 R 230 0 R 231 0 R 232 0 R 233 0 R 234 0 R 235 0 R 236 0 R Amid weeks of unrelenting speculation about their respective political futures, their stroll down the aisle, predictably, and likely by design, added to the hype. /K 6 /Pg 15 0 R /Annotation /Sect /Parent 8 0 R << /K 366 0 R /P 9 0 R /S /P >> endobj /P 9 0 R >> >> 24 0 obj /K 20 << >> /Pg 16 0 R >> /Textbox /Sect >> 114 0 obj /P 9 0 R 125 0 obj endobj At 7:17 pm on September 23, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos announced on television that he had placed the entirety of the Philippines under martial law. /K 9 /Group << /F3 337 0 R What will happen to civil society? /CS /DeviceRGB /P 9 0 R Ninez Cacho-Olivares, a journalist and outspoken Marcos critic - took to the streets to protest his false claims of victory /Pg 24 0 R /S /P 168 0 obj /Pg 21 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /K 19 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. /F1 336 0 R endobj endobj 23 0 obj /K 6 /Type /Page /S /P 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. /K 15 >> /P 9 0 R << /K 3 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 9 0 R /K 14 >> /K 0 /P 9 0 R /K 16 endobj /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] << He declared martial law in 1972 and, though it was formally lifted in 1981, most of the powers granted under it remained for the duration of his time in power, which ended when he was forced from office in 1986. /Diagram /Figure << /Pages 3 0 R << /F6 338 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /Font << endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> /Pg 22 0 R 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. >> << /Resources << When Ferdinand Marcos assumed the presidency for the second term, he announced in his 1969 inaugural speech: In international affairs, we shall be guided by the national interest and by the conscience . /Pg 23 0 R 275 0 obj [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 . /P 9 0 R 245 0 obj endobj Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the late Philippine dictator, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in San Fernando, Pampanga province, Philippines, April 29, 2022. /Type /Group /StructParents 12 << >> 202 0 obj endobj /Pg 22 0 R Most of the guests attention, though, was paid not to the bride and the groom but to another duo in attendance. /S /P << Critics of Marcos Jr. see his rise to the presidency as a whitewashing of Philippine history and an attempt by the Marcos family to rewrite the abuses and corruption committed during his fathers dictatorship. 83 0 obj Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 - September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician and lawyer. /K 6 /S /P endobj /S /P /K 11 /K 363 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << << /Parent 7 0 R /S /P /P 9 0 R << >> 107 0 obj /P 9 0 R >> /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /F1 336 0 R >> 106 0 obj /S /Transparency << 153 0 obj stream /CS /DeviceRGB /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj 137 0 obj 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). endobj >> /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R At least one is related to his failure to pay fines stemming from his 1995 tax-evasion conviction, which was upheld in 1997. << endobj >> /S /P /S /Transparency << >> /P 9 0 R Heres why some are concerned about a Marcos Jr. presidency. /S /P /K 0 << Bongbongs son, a loyal surrogate for his father much like Bongbong was to Ferdinand, is also running for Congress. endobj /Tabs /S /Group << /Type /Page << >> 323 0 obj I fully understand the gravity of responsibility you put on my shoulders. /K 2 /K 3 /F3 337 0 R Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. /Pg 18 0 R /Pg 24 0 R >> /K 6 /Pg 12 0 R >> /S /Transparency /Pg 24 0 R /K 393 0 R 150 0 obj Below is the article summary. << /Parent 6 0 R endobj << << /S /P Marcos Jr. was 23 when he became vice governor of the northern province of Ilocos Norte in 1980, running unopposed with his fathers party. 80 0 obj /S /P /S /P /K 1 /P 9 0 R << >> The dominance of political dynasties in the Philippines has brought adverse effects on the country including the perpetuation of poverty and underdevelopment, the propagation of political and socio-economic inequality and the prevalence of massive corruption, the academics Teresa S. 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Tadem wrote in a 2016 paper examining the phenomenon. /P 9 0 R 192 0 obj >> >> << endobj Discovery Company. /S /P 242 0 obj The Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG), tasked with recovering the familys ill-gotten wealth, estimates about $10 billion was stolen from the Filipino people. 112 0 obj /S /P endobj /P 9 0 R /K 4 /P 9 0 R /K 398 0 R /S /P /Pg 26 0 R /S /P 68 0 obj /S /P >> /Pg 26 0 R >> /S /P 198 0 obj endobj << endobj /S /P /Pg 21 0 R 187 0 obj /S /P /K [377 0 R 378 0 R 379 0 R 380 0 R] >> 309 0 obj /F5 351 0 R /K 12 /P 9 0 R >> /Resources << 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. endobj << Sometimes with needed support, sometimes without. >> /Tabs /S << 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 /K 0 /Pg 22 0 R 156 0 obj O ne of the most persistent myths about the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos was on the flourishing and vibrancy of democracy during his time. /P 9 0 R 152 0 obj 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. 247 0 obj Some have been filed by victims of his fathers regime. /P 9 0 R /S /Transparency /Pg 23 0 R /Pg 25 0 R /Contents 350 0 R endobj After his second term, corruption in his administration was rampant. >> endobj << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> 317 0 obj 16 0 obj /K 18 /K 12 /P 9 0 R /S /P /S /P /Pg 19 0 R /K 394 0 R >> >> 313 0 obj /K 420 0 R >> >> But lawmakers in Southeast Asia have expressed concern about human rights under a Marcos administration and the impact of online disinformation. 94 0 obj endobj << >> /Pg 25 0 R /S /P A family political rival a position her father held for more than two decades contesting polls... ; Omega 12 was behind Ferdinand Marcos Jr and why are some nervous... 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