Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., commonly known as Bongbong Marcos, is a Filipino politician who served as a senator from 2010 to 2016. He is running for president in 2022 on a platform promoting continuity with President Duterte's policies. As a senator and governor, Marcos authored and sponsored various bills and oversaw infrastructure projects. However, his candidacy faces opposition due to his father's authoritarian regime, which was marked by corruption and human rights abuses.

2. BONGBONG MARCOS
• FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR., COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS BONGBONGMARCOS, IS A FILIPINO
POLITICIAN WHO SERVED AS A SENATOR FROM 2010 TO 2016. HE IS THESECOND CHILD AND ONLY SON
OF FORMER PRESIDENT AND DICTATOR FERDINAND MARCOS SR. AND FORMERFIRST LADY IMELDA
ROMUALDEZ MARCOS.

3. OVERVIEW
• BORN: SEPTEMBER 13, 1957 (AGE 64 YEARS), MANILA
• FULL NAME: FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR.
• SPOUSE: LOUISE MARCOS (M. 1993)
• PARTY: PARTIDO FEDERAL NG PILIPINAS
• CHILDREN: FERDINAND ALEXANDER ARANETA MARCOS, JOSEPH SIMON ARANETA MARCOS, MORE
• EDUCATION: WHARTON SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (1979–1981), MORE
• PREVIOUS OFFICES: SENATOR OF THE PHILIPPINES (2010–2016)

4. EDUCATION
• WHARTON SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENSSY
• UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
• WORTH SCHOOL
• LA SALLE GREEN HILLS

5. PLATFORMS
• MARCOS IS RUNNING ON A PLATFORM THAT PROMISES BROAD CONTINUITY OF INCUMBENT PRESIDENT
RODRIGO DUTERTE’S POLICIES, SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HIS FOREIGN POLICY,
ALONGSIDE SOME OF DUTERTE’S CONTROVERSIAL PROGRAMS.
• THE 2022 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF BONGBONG MARCOS BEGAN ON OCTOBER 6, 2021, WHEN HE
FILED HIS CANDIDACY FOR THE 2022 PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION UNDER THE PARTIDO FEDERAL
NG PILIPINAS. BONGBONG MARCOS, A FORMER SENATOR OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM 2010 TO 2016, IS
THE SON AND NAMESAKE OF FORMER PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS.

6. • MARCOS HAS SELECTED DUTERTE’S DAUGHTER SARA DUTERTE, WHO HAS SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF
DAVAO CITY SINCE 2016, AS HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE. HIS CAMPAIGN’S MESSAGING IS
MAINLY FOCUSED ON UNITING THE COUNTRY. HIS CANDIDACY FACES STAUNCH OPPOSITION FROM
VARIOUS GROUPS, PARTICULARLY DUE TO HIS FATHER’S REGIME, MARKED BY WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION
AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

7. HIS MISSION
FERDINAND “BONGBONG” MARCOS JR. HAS PROMISED THE PHILIPPINE PEOPLE “UNIFYING LEADERSHIP,” DESPITE
HIS FAMILY’S DARK AND DIVISIVE LEGACY.
THE SON OF THE LATE PHILIPPINE DICTATOR FERDINAND MARCOS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FOR NEXT YEAR’S
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, REOPENING A LONG-RUNNING DEBATE ABOUT HIS FATHER’S POLITICAL LEGACY.
FORMER SENATOR FERDINAND “BONGBONG” MARCOS JR. SAID IN A VIDEO POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT HE
WOULD BRING FILIPINOS TOGETHER TO FACE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WHICH HAS KILLED TENS OF THOUSANDS
AND UPENDED THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMY. “WE MUST FACE THE CHALLENGE AS ONE – AS ONE COUNTRY, AS ONE
PEOPLE,” MARCOS JR. SAID. “I WILL BRING THAT FORM OF UNIFYING LEADERSHIP BACK TO OUR COUNTRY.”

8. BONG BONG MARCOS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NOW THAT THE MAY 2022 ELECTION IS NEARING, LET US GET TO KNOW MORE SOME OF THE PHILIPPINE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. TO BEGIN WITH IS THE PRESIDENTIAL
ASPIRANT BONGBONG MARCOS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

9. EDUCATION:
• DIPLOMA IN POLITICAL SCIENCE IN OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN 1978.
• MASTER’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN WHARTON SCHOOL OFBUSINESS

10. POLITICAL TRACK RECORD:
• 6 YEARS AS SENATOR (2010-2016)
• 6 YEARS AS CONGRESSMAN (1992-1995 AND 2007-2010)
• 3 YEARS AS VICE GOVERNOR (1980-1983)
• 12 YEARS AS GOVERNOR (1983-1986, 1998-2007)

11. BONGBONG MARCOS MAJOR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• CHAIRED SENATE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
• CHAIRED SENATE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
• LIKEWISE,ILOCOS NORTE TURNED INTO AN ENERGY-SUFFICIENT PROVINCE AND PIONEERED IN THE WIND POWER
TECHNOLOGY WHICH SERVES AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF ENERGY NOT ONLY IN ILOCOS BUT TO SOME PARTS OF
NORTHERN LUZON ALSO.
• HE ALSO LED THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IN AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, ARMM ORGANIC ACT.
• PIONEERED THE CREATION OF PHILIPPINE YOUTH COMMISSION.

12. BONG BONG MARCOS MAJOR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• AS TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, BUILT THE 22.5 BILLION PESO 150 MEGAWATTS BURGOS WIND
FARM PROJECT AND 81 MEGAWATTS PAGUDPOD WINDMILLS. HE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BANGUI AND BURGOS WINDMILLS.
• CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF BRIDGES, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS &ROADS DURING HIS TERM
AS THE GOVERNOR OF ILOCOS NORTE.
• CONSTRUCTION OF FARM TO MARKET ROADS IN VARIOUS PLACES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
• CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDINGS IN VARIOUS PLACES.

13. SOME OF THE BILLS ENACTED INTO LAW (AUTHORED,
CO-AUTHORED AND SPONSORED BY BONGBONG
MARCOS)
• REPUBLIC ACT 10632– AN ACT TO POSTPONE THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS ON OCTOBER 28,
2013.
• RA 10645 (EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010)- ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS OF THIS LAW IS THE
MANDATORY PHILHEALTH COVERAGE OF ALL SENIOR CITIZENS
• RA 10634 (EXPANDED ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSON ACT 2010)
• (CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT OF 2012 NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT)– “PROVIDING THAT ALL CITIZENS
OF THE PHILIPPINES SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE ENROLLED IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT OF 1995” (INTRODUCED BY SENATORS
ANTONIO “SONNY” F. TRILLANES N, FERDINAND “BON MARCOS, JR., ANDPIA S. CAYETANO)

14. SOME OF THE BILLS ENACTED INTO LAW (AUTHORED, CO-
AUTHORED AND SPONSORED BY BONGBONG MARCOS)
• RA 10742 (RIGHT OF WAY ACT)
• PAGASA MODERNIZATION ACT (RA 10692 )
• RA 10822 (CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY RELIEF AND PROTECTION ACT)
• RA 10670 (GOV. BENJAMIN ‘KOKOY’ T. ROMUALDEZ DIVERSION ROAD
• RA 10153 (ARMM ELECTIONS)
• STUDENT- ATHLETES PROTECTION ACT ( RA 10676)

15. SOME OF THE BILLS HE FILED:
• SENATE BILL NO. 1866 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ACT ESTABLISHING THEINTER-AGENCY COUNCIL FOR THE CREATION OF JOBS.
• SENATE BILL 422 OR THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT SITUATIONS ACT
• PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS’ SALARY UPGRADING ( SENATE BILL NO. 109)
• SENATE BILL NO. 14: NATIONAL IRRIGATION PROGRAM OF 2013
• SENATE BILL NO. 3107 OR AN ACT PROPOSING TO ADD THREE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS IN MANDAUE CITY.
• AN ACT INCREASING PENSIONS UNDER THE SSS OR SENATE BILL 2964
• SENATE BILL NO. 18 OR THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT
• SENATE BILL NO. 116 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL MARICULTUREPROGRAM
• HYDROGEN RESEARCH, PROMOTION, AND DEVELOPMENTAL ACT (SENATE BILL NO. 408)

16. THE FUTURE OF A COUNTRY DEPENDS ON THE KIND AND
TYPE OF LEADER PEOPLE ELECTS. HENCE, WE FREQUENTLY
HEAR THE WORDS “VOTE WISELY”. THEREFORE, IN
CHOOSING FOR THE COUNTRY’S NEXT LEADERS, IT IS OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THEM WELL, THEIR VALUES,
PLATFORMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS. IN THAT WAY, WE WILL BE
GUIDED ON WHO SHOULD WE ELECT TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY.