MANILA \u2501 Former senator Bongbong Marcos Jr. announced that he is planning to be president of the Philippines, only a few years after he failed to become the country\u2019s vice president.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the Financial Times, the younger Marcos said he is aspiring to get the government’s top post.<\/p>\n
“My career is politics, and, of course, you aspire to as high a stature within your chosen field as you can achieve \u2014 and that would be president in my case,” he said.<\/p>\n
Marcos said he will build a “more egalitarian system of government.”<\/p>\n
“In my father\u2019s administration, I kept hearing \u2018nation-building\u2019, and I do not hear that phrase anymore,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s more politicking than nation-building,” Marcos added.<\/p>\n
He was also quick to dismiss corruption allegations against his family, saying: “None of the cases that were filed against us have been won.”<\/p>\n
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The Marcos family’s ill-gotten wealth is estimated to have reach $10 billion, according to the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG). Only P170 billion has been recovered in 30 years.<\/p>\n
The younger Marcos is currently involved in an electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, after she defeated him in the 2016 vice-presidential race by 263,473 votes.<\/p>\n
In his protest, Marcos contested the results in 132,446 precincts in 39,221 clustered precincts covering 27 provinces and cities.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, is currently holding a manual recount of votes from Camarines Sur, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental, the three pilot provinces chosen by Marcos which cover 5,418 clustered precincts.<\/p>\n
The result of the manual recount will determine whether the protest will proceed. (Source: ABS-CBN News) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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