‘No’ to another Marcos era

Unhappy voices: Protesters raising clenched fists as they hold banners with anti-Marcos slogans during a demonstration on the anniversary of the People Power Revolution in Quezon City. — AFP

Thousands of Filipinos gathered to mark the anniversary of a “People Power” uprising against late dictator Ferdinand Marcos –with a new Marcos era potentially just 10 weeks away.

Thirty-six years after his father was overthrown and driven into exile, Ferdinand Marcos Jr is a runaway leader in opinion polls for the presidency, the end-game of a decades-long political fightback by a family accused of leading one of Asia’s most notorious kleptocracies.