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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

Philippines presidency frontrunner praises ‘genius’ dictator father

Ferdinand Marcos Jr speaking passionately to a crowd.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr has denied or downplayed allegations related to his father’s rule. Photograph: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

The frontrunner in the Philippines presidential race, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has praised his father – the country’s late dictator – as a “political genius”, and his mother as the dynasty’s “supreme politician”, less than two weeks before an election that could return the Marcos family to power.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, known as Bongbong, has a clear lead in the polls ahead of an election on 9 May, despite his father’s notorious history.

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