Ferdinand Marcos

The petition claims that the son of the former dictator should have been barred from the election due to a past conviction for tax evasion.

Colmenares wants to prevent the Philippines from returning to the dark times of the Marcos dictatorship.

The accounts are part of the politician's well-oiled machinery of social media manipulation.

Opponents of the Marcos clan have filed a number of petitions seeking to disqualify Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos from the May election.

They fear that should Ferdinand Marcos Jr. win the presidency it could lead to a white-washing of the grave abuses and extreme corruption of the Marcos dictatorship.

With Bongbong entering the race, and the Dutertes floating around the edges, the Philippine presidential election is stirring up dark memories.

The May 2022 poll is shaping up as a rematch of the close-run vice presidential race of 2016.

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has promised the Philippine people "unifying leadership," despite his family's dark and divisive legacy.

A lack of thorough education has helped blur the Philippines’ history – and the lessons of the past.

The rehabilitation of Ferdinand Marcos is a sign of the public's continuing discontent with the status quo.

The issue has significant implications for how the country deals with its past and confronts its future.