The surprising Marcos presidency

HE was pilloried as weak and lazy. He was prejudged by his critics as going to be a mere reincarnation of his dictatorial father and his equally dictatorial predecessor. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. won with a lot of baggage, from his being a faker of diplomas, to his being an alleged drug user, to his being a tax evader and cheat. His candidacy was marred by heavy traffic of trolling from his critics. The intelligentsia and the liberal elites were almost united against him. University facades donned colors that celebrated the opposition force that threw support behind his main rival….