Marcos to oversee hunt for loot if he wins Philippines presidency
Nearly 40 years after the Philippines began hunting for the billions of dollars plundered during former dictator Ferdinand Marcos's regime, much of the loot is still missing and no one in the family has been jailed.There are fears the rest may never be found if his son and namesake wins next week's presidential poll, which would put him in charge of the government agency leading the global search.
That has been helped by a well-funded social media misinformation campaign that has sought to portray the Marcos years in a positive light.A popular claim debunked by AFP's Fact Check team is that the patriarch made his wealth when he was a lawyer via a huge gold payment from a client.The false narrative has been strengthened by no one in the family serving time behind bars.After Marcos died in Hawaii in 1989, the clan returned to the Philippines and began their political revival.
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