The Philippine Parliament on Wednesday (May 25) proclaimed Ferdinand Marcos the country's 17th president, after his landslide victory in the May 9 elections with more than 31.6 million votes, more than double the votes obtained by his closest rival Leni Robredo.
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I hereby proclaim that Ferdinand Bongbong Romualdez Marcos Junior is the duly elected President of the Republic of the Philippines
,” Speaker of the House of Representatives Lord Allan Velasco said after approval by both houses of Congress.
Son of the late Philippine dictator of the same name, Marcos Jr, who will take office next month, won the presidential election on May 9 with 58.8% of the vote against outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo.
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He is the first presidential candidate to win an absolute majority since his father was overthrown in 1986, forcing his family into exile in the United States.
His victory confirmed the return to power of the Marcos clan, 36 years after the popular revolt which had driven it out.
The new Philippine president adopted the main policies of his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, whose daughter Sara Duterte, was his running mate during the poll.
During his mandate (2016-2022) President Duterte had moved closer to China, to the detriment of the United States, avoiding confronting Beijing on territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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