Questions for Marcos Jr 40 years after Philippines ‘People Power’ revolt | Politics News
Manila, Philippines – “Bongbong is our principal worry. He is too carefree and lazy,” then-President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Sr wrote in 1972. Marcos Sr was referring to his only son and namesake by the child’s moniker, Bongbong. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list He was concerned about what the future would hold for the young Marcos. “The boy must realise his weakness – the carefree wayward ways that may have been bred in him,” his father further warned in his diary. Half a century later, his son – Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr – would be sworn in as the 17th president of the Philippines, following a landslide victory in the 2022 polls. The rise of Marcos Jr to the presidency marked his family’s dramatic rehabilitation after the mass street protests that forced Marcos Sr from power and the family into exile in 1986. In his inaugural speech, Marcos Jr invoked memories of his late father’s presidency – though he skipped the years of brutal dictatorship and reported plunder of state resources …
