Philippine Election Explained: Why they Elected a Dictator’s Son - TLDR News

Yesterday, the people of the Philippines headed to the polls to select a new leader... which they kind of did. With results basically in, it seems that the country has elected the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Why? Well we explain in this video

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[charliepea]

Dictators aside, I'm still baffled why Pacquiao ran for presidency. He's a boxer and I rooted for him back when he fought Mayweather :/

[gustavju]

South Korea elected the daughter of a former Dictator too (the ousted President Park) a decade or so ago. There was nostalgia involved there too.

[neilknightley]

Facebook and social media is ruining the world now. helping to rewrite history with this deluge of misinformation

[betelgeuser]

Thats just how politics is in the philippines, you have to be in an already established political dynasty, or be an actor/athlete/beauty queen to be elected, very light on ideology

[dyandi]

I've been following TLDR since last year to keep up with the overwhelming news of the world. So this is what it feels like to see the chaos of your country from an outsider's perspective.

[herculys]

As a Filipino, let me conclude, we are so sick we opted for the poison.

[karlmonreal]

@3:57, correction there... Bongbong ran for senator in 2010 and his term ended in 2016. He ran for Vice President in 2016 and lost very narrowly. He's been out of office ever since. Between 2016 and 2022, he launched an agressive social media campaign to "freshen-up" the Marcos image.

[luishernandezblonde]

The Philippines since 1986 has struggled to clean the messes left by Marcos and, in fact, different leaders but same in corruption. After decades of false promises, no wonder why Filipinos think to clean the messes once and for all, they thought the son of the former dictator. Literally, like the case of the Rajapaksa dynasty in Sri Lanka.

[neilknightley]

the whole problem with asian politics is thats its dynastic in nature . and i am saying that as a south east asian my self . its in almost all the countries here . its a curse that keeps propagating it seems

[The_mail_mannnn]

While I will not condemn BongBong for being the son of a dictator, I am scrutinising, if not am condemning BongBong's sin of avoiding debates, and interviews with the media who are interested in enquiring about his Criminal charges especially from the US, his tax evasion, the whereabouts of the Ill-gotten wealth from Marcos Sr, and his purpose and reasons for running for president. Example elaborating on his slogan of "Unity", as this is a helluva ambiguous term that anyone can pull off.

Had he confronted his father's past sin and returned all of the ill-gotten wealth, then I believe he would've been decent enough to be a honest leader.

This campaign of his reminds me of Joseph Goebbels saying "Repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it.". I know I was, at one point, questioning myself and everything I've researched and believed whether rule under Marcos Sr. Really was a 'Golden Era' and whether things were really aa bad as the older generations had told me.

[ANO-.-NYM]

As someone from the Philippines- it is very worrisome how people are affected by emotions, tribalism, and when elections come about. Whoever has the most emotional populist message will probably win- even if that person doesn't really say anything of substance about fixing things. Basically making people vote for bad people because they are emotionally moved at the time.
Really horrible populist tactic- but you can see how effective it is in the Philippines and how corrupt people who corrode democracy keep getting elected.

[maninredhelm]

It's worrisome. Some positives: 6 years isn't that long. It's longer than a US term, but shorter than a US maximum term. Also, while political dynasties are dangerous, in this case it might be a good thing. With no possibility of re-election, Marcos could normally do whatever he wants now without consequences, but with Duterte's daughter waiting for her turn, his behavior is going to reflect on her. The important thing is to stick to the term limits. The push to revise history could be an attempt to groom the population into welcoming a dictatorship. If Marcos or Duterte start trying to change the constitution to increase their power, that's where Philippinos really need to spring into action to shut that down immediately. That's where it gets out of control.

[daveandrew]

Why do terrible candidates regularly get elected? This happens all over the world, whether in the US, Philippines, or many other countries. Do an analysis video on that.

[thisiskirbymac]

CORRECTION: It was Marcos Jr.'s sister, Imee, that got elected as senator in 2019 under Sara Duterte's HNP Coalition, not him.

[anthonytitone]

I think Pacquio and BongBong should box for the presidency

[dfirst]

Philippine politics is very much like the religious conflict across different faiths and belief systems. The only pieces of information we believe in are ones that we agree with. We are overly obsessed with being good and righteous as we insist everyone else who doesn't share our beliefs is somehow the root of all evil as we try to paint them in the worst possible way. Political views along with all of the agendas that's presented under the guise of compassion are incredibly overvalued. And we think that our country would be better off if only no one opposed us, and everyone would just share our beliefs.

[rodelycoy]

For Tito Sotto, why say a former actor and TV Host when you can say that he is the current Senate President.

[neocomp]

The beauty of democracy is diffusion of responsibility. If this goes tits up, there isn't any way to chase after the voters and hang it on their necks. And the President can just skip town and blame it on everyone else.

Donald Trump Jr should take notes

[daveyap]

Their propaganda machine has been incredibly effective and they're playing the long game. Frighteningly brilliant really.
Millions have rejected our history, families and friends torn apart over this election, it's all very sad and I've been pretty apathetic towards politics until this election.

[Hafiere]

6:43 "Tito Sotto, Former Actor and TV Host."

I think it bears mentioning that's he's also the Current Senate President and has had multiple terms as a Senator at this point.