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Opinion > Columns
Marcos Jr.'s rise to power calls to mind UK's Tony Blair and Japan's Junichiro Koizumi
By Yen Makabenta
Jun 21, 2022 12:06 am

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SOMEDAY, historians and political scientists will place Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr.'s rise to the summit of Philippine politics in the company of Tony Blair's emergence in Great Britain and Junichiro Koizumi's burst to power in Japan.

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