IT is misleading, if not mean, for detractors to attribute Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s crushing victory in the presidential election on May 9 to merely the uneducated and the poor voting for him. Filipino voters are anything but gullible.

Despite Marcos Jr.'s political baggage, adherents willingly took a gamble in the hope that their lot would improve over the next six years under a man whose heart they believe is in the right place. He is perceived to truly care for the have-nots of society.

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