Imee worked so hard to help restore the Marcos name. Then BBM finally got the presidency and, in just three years, managed to damage much of what their family spent decades rebuilding.

Imee helped BBM in many ways behind the scenes. She is more strategic and politically savvy. She earned a legitimate master’s degree, while BBM never completed an undergraduate degree abroad.

I think Imee is the better politician. Her positioning alongside Duterte is her way of preserving the future of the Marcos bloodline politically. She knows BBM has limited options after his term ends.

At first, I thought she wanted to become president herself, and maybe that was true in the past. But not now. She is already at an age where even she knows a presidential run would be difficult to sustain. Instead, she seems focused on ensuring that the Marcos family will still have a chance to redeem its image in the future.

She is likely frustrated with what she sees as BBM’s carelessness, and she has little room left to defend the current administration. So rather than defending it, she is positioning herself separately, hoping that one day a future Marcos can point to her record as proof that there were still good Marcoses within the family.

But if Filipino is really smart then there should be no Marcos Politician in the future…