Son of dictator who was forced into exile in 1980s ‘humbly asks Filipino people’ to judge him on merit but survey shows support among voters at only 13% Ferdinand Marcos,the son and namesake of a late Philippine dictator, has announced he will hasten for vice-president in 2016, or marking the biggest step in a political comeback for his once-exiled family.[br]Marcos junior,popularly known as Bongbong, said he would stand in the 2016 elections and hinted at an alliance with a potential presidential nominee accused of widespread human rights abuses.
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Source: theguardian.com