The son and namesake of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos has been sworn in as president of the Philippines, completing a stunning comeback for one of Asia’s most famous political dynasties, 36 years after it was ousted in a popular uprising.
Marcos Jr scored a rare landslide victory in last month’s election, helped by what his critics see as a decades-long effort to alter public perceptions of a family that lived lavishly at the helm of one of the world’s most notorious kleptocracies.
In a speech that echoed his campaign slogans of unity, Marcos Jr, better known as “Bongbong,” vowed to take the country far on his watch with policies benefiting everyone.
