Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. may have a decisive lead in the Philippine presidential race, but his path to obtain the country’s highest office remains uncertain three months before the election. READ:
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. may have a decisive lead in the Philippine presidential race, but his path to obtain the country’s highest office remains uncertain three months before the election.
Still, Marcos said last week that he’s concerned about the possibility of being disqualified even if he wins the presidential elections. “I take everything seriously, I worry about everything, but I don’t let it distract me from the campaign,” he said in a television interview. In the 2016 race, Senator Grace Poe, who was a presidential front-runner, was initially disqualified by the poll body for not being a natural-born citizen and failing to meet a residency requirement. The Supreme Court overturned this decision two months before the elections, but Poe eventually lost to Duterte.This scenario would open up the race to a range of candidates currently well behind Marcos.
Still, a large block of voters could remain loyal to the Marcoses even if he’s disqualified. “Marcos has been successful in saying that this is just political persecution, that people are doing this because they’re afraid of him winning the elections,” Franco said.A protracted legal battle over Marcos’s disqualification cases could eventually benefit the president’s daughter, Sara Duterte, who’s leading the vice-presidential race.
The president has faced allegations of illegal activity particularly over his drugs war, with an International Criminal Court prosecutor last year pausing a probe into the policy. In the past, he has repeatedly denied wrongdoing on the drugs war, and recently said that the accusation before the international court about the killings was “incredible.”
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