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Marcos Jr to take power

Ferdinand Marcos Jr has been proclaimed president of the Philippines by a joint session of Congress, following a landslide election triumph 36 years after his dictator father was ousted in a pro-democracy uprising. The Senate and

House of Representatives also confirmed his vicepresidential running mate,

Sara Duterte, the daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo

Duterte, whose turbulent six-year term will end on June 30. The pair will lead a nation battered by poverty, gaping inequality, Muslim and communist insurgencies, crime and political divisions. Marcos Jr, 64, a former governor, congressman and senator, has refused to acknowledge or apologise for massive human rights violations and plunder under his father’s rule, and has defended his legacy.

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