MANILA: Is Imelda Marcos – formidable even at age 90 – rewriting history? A new documentary suggests the widow of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos is trying very hard to do so – and not merely to gloss over excesses from diamonds stuffed in diapers to access to 170 bank accounts.
The Showtime production, set to open on Nov 8, depicts a woman intent on whitewashing the past for a path to power for her only son, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, 62. He’s expected to make a bid for the presidency in 2022 after losing a race to be vice president in 2016.
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