According to Taiwanese media reports, in the early morning of May 10, preliminary results of the Philippine presidential election showed that among more than 90% of the votes that had been counted, Marcos Jr., the son of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, received near

According to Taiwan media reports, in the early morning of May 10th, preliminary statistics of the Philippine presidential election showed that of more than 90% of the votes that had been counted, Philippines Marcos Jr., the son of former President Ferdinand Marcos, won nearly 3,000 Ten thousand votes were cast, and the vote rate exceeded 50%. With a simple majority, he led the main competitor, current Vice President Leni Robredo (Leni Robredo, or Robredo) by 9%, and was certain to win the 2022 presidential election.

This result was already within the previous predictions of the outside world. Pre-election polls showed that Marcos was leading the way, and the Philippine media also predicted that there would be almost no suspense about his victory.

Marcos was born in 1957 and is now 64 years old. When he was only 8 years old, his father Marcos entered the Philippine Presidential Palace. Although he grew up under the political aura of his father, his childhood dream was actually to be an astronaut or a rock singer. After studying in the United Kingdom and the United States, Marcos returned to the Philippines at the age of 23, and then entered politics, becoming the deputy governor of Ilocos Norte at a young age.

But just when his political career was on the rise, his father's regime was overthrown in 1986, and he followed his father into exile in Hawaii, the United States. Three years later, Marcos died of illness there, ending his controversial life with the reputation of a great dictator.

However, Marcos’ political career did not end. In 1991, he returned to the Philippines again, rose from provincial governor to senator, and participated in the vice presidential election in 2016, eventually losing to Robedo.

In October 2021, Marcos announced his candidacy for the 2022 Philippine presidential election through social media. The prospect of the election was not clear at that time. Not only was the current President Duterte’s daughter Sara considered the favorite to win, but also the boxing champion Pacquiao and the former movie star Manila Mayor Domagoso. All joined the election campaign.

faces the above competitors. Marcos is relatively at a disadvantage due to his father's history of dictatorship and corruption during his tenure. However, Reuters analysis points out that because he knows how to use social media, Marcos has a high support rate among the younger generation, which was not born when Marcos was in office.

Returning to the presidential palace as the son of a former president, how he will lead the Philippines out of the double blow of the severe epidemic and economic recession will be a major test for Marcos.