A demonstrator protests following the presidential bid announcement of Ferdinand Marcos Jr in Metro Manila on Oct 6, 2021. - Reuters
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): It's both fascinating and alarming to hear some reasons ordinary people have reportedly been giving for favouring the late dictator's son as their likely choice for president in next year's elections.
Those of us who lived through the excesses in that dark period of our nation's history find it unthinkable that our country would return that family to the palace.
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