Ferdinand Marcos Jr. looks poised for the role of next president of the PhilippinesAfter violence over the weekend claimed the lives of four people, millions of voters began to vote on Monday under the surveillance of thousands of security personnel. 

He wins the race. Marcos Jr. — son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.— is expected to walk a tightrope between the U.S. and China.

Victor Manhit, from BowerGroupAsia said that eight out of ten Filipinos want us to assert ourselves against China. He was referring to a survey conducted by Social Weather Stations. A private, non-profit organisation that monitors public opinion about political, economic and social issues in the Philippines.

At least 84% of Filipinos tell us it is time for multilateral cooperation and strength, even though we may be a small nation. We saw that Marcos’ position changed slowly during the campaign. He said that it was possible that he had heard the public clamor on Monday.

Marcos is popularly known as Bongbong and has worked to remake his father’s legacy. comparable to former U.S. president John F. Kennedy’s familyIts glamour. Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was his father and ruled for over 20 years until he was exiled in Hawaii, where he later died.

According opinion pollsThe 64-year old namesake of the dictator was released Monday. He will receive more than half of the votes and become the first president candidate to win an absolute majority since decades.

The survey showed he polled at 56% — way ahead of his main rival incumbent Vice-President Leni Robredo who was at a distant 23%.

Robredo (a 57 year-old economist and lawyer) will require a low turnout to win an upset. 

Rodrigo Duterte is 77 years old and constitutionally prohibited from running again for another term. Although he hasn’t endorsed anyone, his daughter Sara is Bongbong Marks’ running mate.

Although the Philippines was a long-standing military ally to the U.S., Duterte made a dramatic declaration that he would be partnering with China after his 2016 presidential election. country’s “separation” from the U.S.

Although it is not clear how Marcos Jr.’s victory will affect the country’s relations with China, there have been some public dissatisfaction with China’s slant and subtle signs of change according to Manhit.

Next president should learn from Duterte’s mistakes, said Duterte. He added that the Duterte administration “won nothing at the end” and “appeasement only served Chinese interests.”

He pointed out, however that not one of the Chinese promised investments had been made into the Philippines.

Another analyst forecasted that there would a shift in the tone of subservience towards China in a Marcos Jr. presidency.

“I believe the submissive language toward China would be far less. I don’t think he’s gonna go out there and say ‘I love China’ or that I’m ‘gonna separate from the U.S’.,” said Richard Heydarian, a political scientist at the Polytechnic University of Philippines.

He said that Marcos Jr. is “a smooth operator” and added that anyone would be an improvement on Duterte “on so many fronts.” Marcos Jr., said that he expected extra-judicial murders in the Philippines would decrease.

Six years of Duterte’s hardline regime, the country saw a period of freedom and stability. brutal anti-drug warA landslide victory for Marcos younger could open up new possibilities for democracy in the Philippines.

Bongbong as Sara Duterte both claimed they have the best qualifications to unify the country. 

Filippinos will elect their vice-president and senators to the lower house, as well as provincial and local officials, in elections that attracted approximately 65.7 million voters in the country, and 1.69 millions overseas. information from the election committee. 

More than half of all voters between 18 and 41 years old are not aware of Marcos Sr.’s brutal regime. They were too young or born to comprehend the torture, mass imprisonments, and other abuses that occurred during this era. 

In the Philippines, violence is common during elections. On Saturday, four people were killed in a shootout between candidates for mayoral elections in the northern Ilocos Sur province. Three security officers were also gunmen who opened fire on a polling station in Buluan, Mindanao Island in the south Philippines on Monday.

It was less than the 2016 and 2019 elections, which saw 16 violent election-related incidents. Over 60,000 personnel were sent to guard polling stations as well as election workers.