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The son and namesake of the Philippines’ former dictator Ferdinand Marcos stated Tuesday he’ll run for president within the 2022 election, because the controversial clan seeks the last word political revival.
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr — who has defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial drug warfare and supported the dying penalty for traffickers — declared his candidacy in a Fb Reside broadcast.
“I’m immediately saying my intention to run for the presidency of the Philipines within the upcoming Might 2022 elections,” the 64-year-old political scion stated, becoming a member of a rising subject of contenders looking for to interchange Duterte.
“I’ll carry… unifying management again to our nation.”
Marcos Jr was in second place behind Duterte’s daughter, Sara, in a latest PulseAsia Analysis survey of voter desire for president, although she has denied plans to run.
Boxing nice Manny Pacquiao and celeb mayor Francisco Domagoso have confirmed they may search the highest job.
A tilt for the nation’s highest workplace comes after Marcos Jr’s failed bid for the vice presidency in 2016, which he narrowly misplaced to Leni Robredo.
Dropping the election was a blow for the Marcos household, which had gone into exile in the USA after the patriarch’s humiliating downfall in 1986.
He and his spouse Imelda had been accused of large corruption whereas in energy.
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