User:MeCurraz/Protests against Bongbong Marcos

the protests against Bongbong Marcos started on October 6, 2021, when Bongbong Marcos, the son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, filed a candidacy for president.

Background
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. is the son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who was known for declaring martial law in the country on September 23, 1972. The dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s and 1980s is historically remembered for its record of human rights abuses, particularly targeting political opponents, student activists, journalists, religious workers, farmers, and others who fought against the Marcos dictatorship. Eventually, the series of demonstrations called the People Power Revolution led to the downfall of Ferdinand in 1986.

In 2015, Bongbong Marcos announced his candidacy for vice president in the 2016 election, but lost to Leni Robredo.

By January 2020, Marcos confirmed that he is running "for a national position" in 2022, although he did not specify which position. By September 2020, Marcos's sister Imee said that her brother was still noncommittal to which position he'd run for. A year later, Marcos himself confirmed that "The presidency is not taken off the table." On September 21, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP; ) nominated Marcos to run for president. If Marcos accepts, he will be inducted as a member of the party and be made its chairman. During the national convention of the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL; ) in Binangonan, the party founded by his father, he was nominated as the party's candidate for president. Marcos, who remained a member of the Nacionalista Party, thanked KBL for the nomination, but said that he will announce his plans "when the time comes." On October 5, Marcos announced his presidential candidacy. Marcos then resigned from the Nacionalistas and was sworn in at the PFP chairman. Marcos ultimately filed his presidential candidacy under the PFP.

Events
On October 6, 2021, several groups gathered at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to condemn the 2022 presidential bid of Bongbong Marcos; the protest featured effigies of Bongbong's father Ferdinand and Duterte. On November 14, protesters gathered in front of the CHR to oppose the presidential and vice-presidential bid of former Senator Bongbong Marcos and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte respectively. On December 2, 2021, Akbayan gathered outside the COMELEC to file a disqualification case against Marcos. Following the COMELEC Commissioner Rowena Guanzon's disclosure that she voted to disqualify Marcos on January 28, 2021, protesters gathered at the COMELEC to call for the disqualification of Marcos.