I OFTEN think that some of the policies and priorities of this Marcos administration are to validate and rehabilitate the first President Marcos' legacy and right what they feel has been unfair maligning of the father's policies and therefore their legacy. The use of Maharlika, references to Masagana 99, updating the Bagong Lipunan song during the campaign are some examples. Add appointing the children and grandchildren of former ministers and associates of the father and mother in this administration.
When it comes to power, what is the legacy many think of and that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. may be trying to reverse? The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. To critics, it was a corruption-run riot, a $2-billion power plant worth supposedly a mere $1 billion, allegedly to be built in an unsuitable area from an earthquake risk area for an amount of power that was more than our humble needs at the time.
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