FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Philippines’ Marcos dynasty: Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is ‘certainly banking on the legacy of his father'” – below is their description.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, praised his father’s legacy and glossed over its violent past as he was sworn in as Philippine president after a stunning election victory that opponents say was pulled off by whitewashing his family’s image. His rise to power, 36 years after an army-backed “People Power” revolt booted his father from office and into global infamy, upends politics in the Asian democracy, where a public holiday, monuments and the Philippine Constitution stand as reminders of the end of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s tyrannical rule. For more analysis on Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s stunning rise to power, FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Sol Iglesias, Author and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines. “He is really portraying himself, not just as a continuity figure,” explains Dr. Iglesias, “but very much that myth of a golden age that he’s hitching his wagon to when it comes to his father’s brutal dictatorship.”
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