Congress Proclaims Marcos President, Duterte Vice President

Volume 3, Issue No. 53

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 Our latest as of Wednesday, May 25, 2022 

~ Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte are now officially President and Vice President, respectively, of the Philippines. The Congress, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate and convened as the National Board of Canvassers, made the proclamation on Wednesday after tallying the votes from the May 9, 2022 elections. 

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IT'S NOW OFFICIAL

Bongbong Is President, Sara Vice President

By ROMEO P. MARQUEZ 

Editor, The Filipino Web Channel

TORONTO - The Philippine Congress, convened as the National Board of Canvassers, officially proclaimed on Wednesday (May 25, 2022, Manila time) Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. President and Sara Duterte Vice President.

Marcos takes office as the 17th President on June 30 as President Rodrigo Roa Duterte exits on the same day after serving six years, the same length of time Marcos will hold the highest elective office in the land. 

(Related story at: https://filwebchannelmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/05/bongbong-marcos-rock-star-of-philippine.html).

Sara Duterte, the former mayor of Davao City, replaces Vice President Leni Robredo who lost in the May 9, 2022 elections, garnering less than half of the over 31-million votes her opponent, Marcos, had posted.

The election of Marcos and Duterte is historic. For one, the polls had the biggest voter turnout in any election with Marcos amassing an estimated 60 percent and Duterte 61.1 percent of the 67 million registered voters.

(Related story: https://filwebchannelmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/05/marcos-duterte-in-landslide-win.html).

Marcos will occupy the top post in the country - only the third offspring of a former president - his father and namesake, Ferdinand "Ferdie" of "Ka Ferdie" Marcos Sr., had held it for nearly two decades (1965 to 1986) before he was toppled in a "People Power" revolution.

The first, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, president from 2001 to 2010, is the daughter of Diosdado Macapagal who was president from 1961 to 1965 and was succeeded by Marcos Sr.

The second was Benigno Aquino III who was president from 2010 to 2016. He was the son of Corazon Aquino who had ascended the presidency in 1986 (through 1992) in the aftermath of a revolt that had deposed Marcos Sr. (Copyright 2022. All Rights Reserved).