- In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Georgi Engelbrecht explains the vote’s implications for the country’s internal security and foreign policy.
What happened in the Philippines’ presidential election?
On 9 May, over 30 million Filipino voters – close to 60 per cent of the electorate – cast ballots for Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., popularly known as “Bongbong”, son of the dictator ousted in 1986 by an uprising after two decades of brutal rule.
Largely anticipated by pre-election polls, his landslide victory brings…