The son and namesake of ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos takes a commanding lead in an unofficial vote count from a presidential election in the deeply divided Asian democracy.
Despite official findings to the contrary, the Marcos family denies siphoning off billions of dollars of state wealth during its time at the helm of what historians consider one of Asia's most-famous kleptocracies.
"Given his family background, and his chequered political career to date, there are concerns among investors that his election will fuel corruption, nepotism and poor governance," he said. COMELEC declared the election to have been "relatively peaceful" and documented 15 security incidents, including what police said was the killing of three members of a peacekeeping force near a polling station in the south.
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