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Marcos, Duterte new Philippines president and vice-president

Women read newspapers showing a headline story on Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as they celebrate outside their headquarters in Mandaluyong, Philippines on Tuesday May 10, 2022. Marcos Jr.'s apparent landslide victory in the Philippine presidential election is giving rise to immediate concerns about a further erosion of democracy in the region, and could complicate American efforts to blunt growing Chinese influence and power in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Students and activists sing during a rally in front of the office of the Commission on Elections as they question the results of the presidential elections in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday May 10, 2022. The namesake son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos appeared to have been elected Philippine president by a landslide in an astonishing reversal of the 1986 "People Power" pro-democracy revolt that booted his father into global infamy. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Vice-presidential hopeful, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte gestures during their last campaign rally known as "Miting De Avance" with presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Saturday, May 7, 2022 in Paranaque city, Philippines. About 67 million registered Filipino voters will pick a new president on Monday, with Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, son and namesake of the ousted dictator leading pre-election surveys, and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo, who leads the opposition, as his closest challenger. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A man displays his tattoos from top; Ferdinand Marcos, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as he passes by BBM headquarters in Mandaluyong, Philippines on Tuesday May 10, 2022. Marcos Jr.'s apparent landslide victory in the Philippine presidential election is giving rise to immediate concerns about a further erosion of democracy in the region, and could complicate American efforts to blunt growing Chinese influence and power in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) In this photo provided by the Office of the Vice President, Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo gives a post-election statement from her home in Magarao, Camarines Norte, eastern Philippines Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The son and namesake of ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos took a commanding lead in an unofficial vote count in Monday's presidential election in the deeply divided Asian democracy. Marcos Jr. had votes, far ahead of his closest challenger Robredo, a champion of human rights. (Office of the Vice President via AP) In this handout photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shows ink on his finger to mark that he has finished voting at a polling center in Davao city, southern Philippines on Monday May 9, 2020. The son and namesake of ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos took a commanding lead in an unofficial vote count in Monday's presidential election in the deeply divided Asian democracy. (Toto Lozano/ Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP) CORRECTS PLACE - Presidential candidate and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo shows the ink on her finger to mark that she has finished voting at a school used as a polling center in Camarines Sur, eastern Philippines on Monday, May 9, 2022. Filipinos were voting for a new president Monday, with the son of an ousted dictator and a champion of reforms and human rights as top contenders in a tenuous moment in a deeply divided Asian democracy. (AP Photo/Zalrian Sayat)
Marcos, Duterte new Philippines president and vice-president