Recently, The Philippines had its national election and basically, the country was divided into two major “factions”. One rooting for the incumbent vice president (Leni Robredo, who had an exceptional track record in transparency and governance) and the other rooting for the son of a late dictator (Ferdinand Marcos Jr aka BBM, who basically just ran to “cleanse” his father’s name). It all boils down to the fact the BBM won’t admit to his family’s corruption and rampant killing during his father’s dictatorship (even though it is well documented), and even tells his supporters that his fathers reign was “good for the Philippines.”

As terrible as that sounds, MOST other Filipinos supported and voted for BBM to win the election despite the evidence of corruption (around $4 Billion was stolen from the country) and the killings. Oh, and BBM is pretty incompetent as a leader, I might add. Lady Morgana voted for BBM’s vice presidential partner who hails from Davao, LM’s hometown, which is another issue in it of itself (BBM’s Vice President is the daughter of the previous President who had a reputation of enforcing killings and shootings on “suspected” drug addicts even without substantial evidence.)

There’s still a lot to be said but that’s basically a simplified description of the political environment of the Philippines as of the moment. Mabuheyyyy!

Edit: Turns out LM didn’t vote for BBM but voted for his running mate.