Marcos Jr. sworn in as Philippine leader in resurgence of ex-dictator’s family

By Regine Cabato

Updated June 30, 2022 at 3:24 a.m. EDT | Published June 29, 2022 at 11:40 p.m. EDT

MANILA — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the late dictator Ferdinand Emmanuel Marcos, was sworn in to office Thursday, sealing a family comeback that was decades in the making.

Marcos Jr., 64, won a landslide victory during the May elections. More than 30 million votes were cast for him, making Marcos the first presidential candidate to obtain a majority since the revolution that ousted his father 36 years ago. His election suggests a continued preference for populist leaders among Filipinos — who were governed for the past six years by the tough-talking Rodrigo Duterte, best known internationally for a war on drugs that has left thousands dead.

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