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Opinion > Columns
Marcoses given new lease on political life
By Benjamin Kang Lim
May 19, 2022 12:00 am

Resilience, redemption, reconciliation and possible rebirth

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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