Mr. President
On a gloomy day, noon of June 30, 2022, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. became president of the Republic of the Philippines. In simple but refined ceremonies, Bongbong Marcos took his oath of office before Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, representatives of world leaders, government officials and the Filipino people. It caps a triumphant journey for Bongbong Marcos from a heartbreaking defeat in 2016, the unrelenting attacks on his family, to a historic and landslide victory in the May 2022 elections.