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Today, Explained

Dictator Jr.

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The son of repressive dictator Ferdinand Marcos was just elected president of the Philippines. All he had to do was rewrite his country’s history. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Victoria Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King. CORRECTION: In a previous version of this story, our guest mistakenly said Ferdinand Marcos' body was flown from Hawaii to the Philippines in 2006. Marcos' body was returned to the Philippines in 2016. The incorrect date has been removed from the recording. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The last time a man named Ferdinand Marcos won a presidential election in the Philippines

0:06.0

in 1986, there was overwhelming evidence that election was rigged.

0:10.8

Filipinos were furious, they went out into the streets, and booted Marcos who fled to Hawaii.

0:17.1

36 years later, Marcos Redux.

0:24.1

An official result suggests Ferdinand Marcos Jr., widely known as Bong Bong, will receive

0:29.8

more than double the votes of his main rival, the outgoing vice president.

0:33.7

Bong Bong's father ran the Philippines as a dictator, rewriting laws, vanishing and

0:38.5

torturing his opponents, stealing, among other things.

0:42.2

Bong Bong's running mate, Sarah Duterte Carpio, is the daughter of the current president,

0:47.9

the volatile and some say unhinged Rodrigo Duterte.

0:52.4

Coming up on today, explained how did these two win?

0:59.4

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1:07.6

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1:13.7

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