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‘Bongbong’ Marcos: How a dictator’s son swept to power

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How Did Bong Bong Markles Win the Election?

Christina lamb, chief fund correspondent of the sunday times and richard lloyd parrin, asia editor of the times. They talk about ferdinand marcos junior, nicknamed bongbong and now known as mister president. This exile was recognized by the guines world records as the greatest robbery of a government. An estimated ten billion dollars worth of cash and goods were taken by the family with only four billion ultimately returned to the state in 19 91.

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