Marcos Jr. takes office
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, praised his father’s legacy and glossed over its violent past as he was sworn in as Philippine president Thursday after a stunning election victory that opponents say was pulled off by whitewashing his family’s image. The new president called for unity, saying “we will go far- ther together than against each other.”
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