UNITED NATIONS: When Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. was running an authoritarian regime in the Philippines, he was reportedly asked about rumors of rigged elections in the country.

According to a joke circulating that time, he said: "I promised I will give you the right to vote. But I did not say anything about counting those votes."

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