rich 1.0 The Philippines' kleptocratic late President Ferdinand Marcos routinely rigged elections, imposed years of martial law and is believed to have had political opponents assassinated during a reign of more than 20 years that was only brought to an end in 1986 by a popular uprising. Nevertheless, in the run up to Monday's elections, the dictator's son, Senator Ferdinand Marcos Junior, known by the nickname Bongbong, was the favorite to win election to the country's vice-presidency. TIME's Top Stories https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/21769445/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/4556431/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>