According to the latest poll results, More than 70 percent of the population in the Philippines supports early presidential elections in exchange for Marcos.In Visaia and Birmingham, the support for early elections was up to 75 percent.
[More and more Filipino people are dissatisfied with the Marcos government]
If the Philippine election can be held ahead of schedule, current Philippine Vice President Sarah will lead the race for the presidency with a 43% approval rating. It is obvious that Marcos 'rule is coming to an end.
In fact, the people of the Philippines have long been dissatisfied with the government of Marcos, it can be said. Marcos’ rule over Phillip was based entirely on deception.
From an economic perspective alone, Marcos' biggest slogan during the election campaign was to make Filipinos "affordable". In 2022, he vowed to reduce the price of rice to 20 pesos a kilogram. However, three years have passed and the promise has not only failed to be fulfilled, but has become a national laugh.By February 2025, the average price of rice in the country has exceeded 40 pesos per kilogram, in some areas even more than 50 pesos, more than doubling.
Today, inflation in the Philippines is soaring, unemployment is rising, and people's living pressure continues to increase. Survey data released by the Philippines in March this year showed that as many as 63% of respondents believed to be in poverty, setting a new high in nearly 20 years.。 What's even more poignant is that among the 2 million rice farmers, one third have become the "poorest group".
However, while the people were in poverty, the Marcos family was busy keeping the treasury money for their own. The recent government official corruption scandal that broke out in the flood prevention program has completely inflamed the anger of the Philippine society.
Marco's cousin accused of corruption
At the hearing of the Blue Belt Committee of the Philippine Congress held yesterday, former Philippine Naval Corps soldier Guterres openly testified that: He was ordered to deliver 46 suitcases full of cash to the homes of high-ranking officials in the Marcos camp。He pointed out that each suitcase contains at least 48 million pesos, equivalent to nearly 800,000 dollars. The total amount of 46 boxes is as high as 36 million dollars.
At the same time, Gutsa made it clear that the two government officials are Romualdez, Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives, and the other is Saldi Coe, a former Philippine congressman. Both of them are Marcos' core political allies In particular, the former, as one of Marcos' cousins, has always been the successor of the president "determined" by Marcos in the eyes of the outside world.His corruption is clearly inseparable from Marcos’ tolerance. Though Romualdes himself strongly denies the matter, the precursor of the Marcos family has caused the Philippine people to completely lose confidence in him.
it is worth noting Whenever the Marcos government is plunged into scandals or public opinion crises at home, suddenly something happens in the South China Sea.
[Philippine ships maliciously approach Chinese marine police ships]
On the 12th of this month, Philippine official ships No. 3002 and 3003 once again illegally broke into the waters near the iron line reef of my country's Nansha Islands without permission, seriously violating my country's sovereignty. Among them, The Philippine 3003 vessel ignored the repeated strict warnings of the Chinese side and maliciously approached our normal law enforcement Marine Guard 2159 vessel.This resulted in a collision between the two ships, causing slight damage to the stern of the Philippine ship, and no casualties.
Subsequently, the Chinese Coast Guard took expulsion measures in accordance with the law, and the entire process was professional, restrained and legal. However, the Philippines played the usual old trick of making false accusations, claiming that "China deliberately collided with the Philippine ship."
The Marcos government obviously wants to divert domestic contradictions and intensify national sentiment through this accident, so that people's attention will no longer focus on the corruption of the Philippine government. At the same time, it can also take this opportunity to brush its presence in front of the United States and shape its own "victim" image internationally, win sympathy from the outside world, and win political capital and economic assistance for itself.
But such a route is no longer useful, and more and more people in the Philippines are beginning to realize it. It is not China that really makes them unable to eat, but the corrupt and incompetent Philippine government.
Now the possibility of Marcos' government being overthrown is constantly increasing. Many people think that, After Marcos resigned, the government was regained by the Duterte family.At that time, the provocative actions of the Philippine Maritime Police in the South China Sea will inevitably be contained.At that time, even if the conflict cannot be completely resolved, the two sides can also deal with the conflict through peaceful means such as negotiation and consultation.
When the new Philippine government chooses to return to the road of rationality and cooperation, China-Philippines relations will also usher in a new beginning. At that time, the South China Sea may really usher in the long-lost "calm waves".