MANILA -"Perception is real, the truth is not," former first lady Imelda Marcos once infamously claimed. The philosopher Theodor Adorno once described modern politics as a struggle between"mythos" and"logos" .
Never mind that no less than Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew himself lamented,"[o]nly in the Philippines could a leader like Ferdinand Marcos, who pillaged his country for over 20 years, still be considered for a national burial." Largely shunning any serious presidential debate, Marcos Jr. has presented himself as a"unifying" force, who could catapult the country toward a bright and prosperous future. That line of messaging obviously worked during a highly polarised and popularity-based election, where voters largely chose their next leader based on their animosity toward the opposing camp.
Presumptive vice-president Sara Duterte had to settle for the Department of Education only hours after her spokesman reiterated their preference for the much-vaunted position of secretary of national defence. It soon also became clear that Marcos Jr. is backing Rep. Martin Romualdez, rather than former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, to be the next speaker.
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