Courtesy: Time Magazine
TIME Magazine has named President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. one of magazine’s 100 Most Influential People for 2024.
In an article published on Thursday (Wednesday in US time), the renowned magazine recognized Marcos’ attempt to rehabilitate the name of his dictator father and namesake, Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
“Bongbong’s desire to rehabilitate the Marcos name has resulted in other shifts. He brought technocrats back into government, steadied the post-pandemic economy, and elevated the Philippines on the world stage,” Time’s news correspondent Charlie Campbell wrote.
Time also lauded Marcos’ stance against China’s aggression in the West Philippine Sea and his work to bolster the Philippines’ relationship with the United States amid the territorial dispute.
The President, however, could not escape his family’s infamy, as Campbell summarized Marcos’ history in the piece, mentioning the plunder of people’s money and massive human rights violations during his father’s regime.
“For Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos to make history, he first needed to rewrite his nation’s. His dictator father plundered billions of dollars from state coffers and stood accused of grievous human-rights violations until his ouster in 1986,” wrote Campbell.
