Another Ferdinand Marcos is set to become president of the Philippines
A dictator’s son is expected to be less awful than his dad was
IT WAS JUST after lunchtime when a group of ageing men and women, dressed in red, and flashing V-for-victory signs, drifted past a Uniqlo store in one of the many malls that pass for public spaces in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The call had gone out on Facebook for supporters of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos to come out for their presidential candidate. “I hope he will vindicate the family name,” says Carmen, 74, as she rides the escalator down towards the Zara outlet. “They are so hated.”
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “The name of the father”
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