Illegal results for the Spanish leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr. indicated that friends were on track to win at least half of the Senate chairs in a midterm election on May 12 in a conflict viewed as a vote in favor of his authority and a bitter proxy war with his separated vice president.
Although 18, 000 jobs, including mayors, governors, and legislators, were up for grabs on Monday, the focus is solidly on the Senate race, with Marcos and his favored vice chairman Sara Duterte stumbling in a culture that could change the balance of power in the nation of 110 million people in a terrible conflict.
Six of the 12 Marcos-backed Senate candidates received the most votes, which indicates strong support for the president and his scheme agenda following the extraordinary demise of his once fierce alliance with Duterte, the daughter of visionary former president Rodrigo Duterte, the daughter of his maverick former leader, the daughter of the visionary previous leader.
What started out as a peaceful march that won the 2022 election turned into a bitter conflict, marked by a wave of personal accusations and a campaign to impeach Duterte on grounds that she had amassed undue wealth and threatened Marcos, the first lady, and the house speaker ,’s lives.
At least three of Duterte’s supporters were expected to win seats in the Senate, according to early counts.
A Marcos-friendly Senate, according to analysts, would enable him to determine the political future of his fierce rival, Duterte, a likely presidential candidate with Marcos ‘ term being limited to one term, as well as secure passage of important legislation, including security measures in line with his pro-US foreign policy.