FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, JR. IS NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT

According to the present and past happenings with regard to Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.'s life timeline, he does not deserve to lead the Philippines as its president on the following grounds: 1.) He inherited the loot of his father; 2.) He was found guilty by a trial court to have been guilty with the crime of tax evasion; 3.) He committed misrepresentation as regards to the moments when he ran for congressman, senator, governor, vice president, and now, president of the Republic of the Philippines; that he had no case pending or that he had not been found guilty with a crime involving moral turpitude; 4.) He was involved in the PDAF scam when he was still a senator; and 5.) For purveying fake news, and historical revisionism.

These accusations against him affect his integrity as a national leader, because of these he does not deserve to be elected as the leading national leader of the Philippines.

***As to the issue of inheriting the loot of his father.

Many of the Filipinos know that Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr., did not have a legitimate business when he was in politics, yet he amassed fortunes which cannot be explained by way of his salary as a congressman, senator, and president of the republic. As of this present epoch in Philippine history, the Marcoses are still living like kings, queens, princes, and princesses. They did not say sorry, nor returned voluntarily the loot of their patriarch from the Philippine coffers, and Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. even make use of it in his campaign for public office.

To add insult to injury to the Filipino people who were robbed by his family via the two-decade reign of his father, Marcos, Jr. and family would justify their fortune out of inventing stories that the older Marcos got involved in trading gold, and became a lawyer of the Tallano Royal Clan who gave Marcos, Sr. chunks of gold as a result.

Such claims by the Marcoses were/are simply lies and concocted stories, because the same cannot be backed up by evidence. They simply invented stories to support their stand that their wealth came from legitimate sources, when in truth and in fact they have looted the treasury of the state when they were still in power.

***As to the issue of his conviction in a tax evasion case.

Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. was convicted by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court of a tax evasion case. Such conviction has a subsidiary sentence of perpetual disqualification to hold public office, hence, because of this, he must be disqualified to as a candidate for the presidency.

Secondly, tax evasion is a case involving a crime of moral turpitude, and a crime involving moral turpitude is one of the grounds for disqualification of a candidate running for public office in the Philippines.

Thirdly, tax evasion shows how dishonest a person is, if he tried to deceive the people by not filing his tax returns, thereby not paying the taxes due to the government, there is a great possibility that he would cheat the people which he would lead, monetarily or by any other means.

***As to the issue of misrepresentation as regards his certificates of candidacies as congressman, governor, senator, vice-president, and president.

Misrepresentation as regards a Certificate of Candidacy of a certain candidate, is a ground for cancellation of candidacy of such particular candidate. Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has misrepresented many times with regard to his candidacies for congressman, governor, senator, vice-president, and now for president by saying in his Certificate/s of Candidacy/ies that he has not been charged nor been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.

Such misrepresentation must be punished by cancelling his candidacy for president of the Philippine state, since he clearly has already violated the tax and election laws of the country, not just once but many times already. Secondly, misrepresentation is a form of perjury, which is still punishable by the Philippine penal laws.

The issue of misrepresentation is also an issue of dishonesty, thus on this ground his Certificate of Candidacy for president must be cancelled. Should his COC not be cancelled by the COMELEC, the people must deny him in the general elections because of his dishonesty.

***As to the issue of his involvement in the PDAF scam.

Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. was involved in the pork barrel scam; a.k.a. PDAF scam with the convicted big time scammer, Janet Lim Napoles. The proper case was filed against Fedinand R. Marcos, Jr., but such a case was eventually dropped due to the advent of the political rise of his political ally Rodrigo Roa Duterte to the Philippine presidency. Had Duterte not been elected as the supreme leader of the country, the story would have been the other way around, and Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. would have been convicted of another set of cases involving thievery of public funds.

***As to the issue of purveying fake news and historical revisionism.

Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., and his camp are promoting himself as the best candidate in the 2022 presidential/general elections by painting his father Marcos, Sr. as the best president the Philippines ever had by tapping the internet, and plenty of people which have the technical know-how to spread lies over the net. This is very unacceptable, since it blinds the people who have not yet reached the times when his father had pillaged, mismanaged, and destroyed the Philippines.

These issues all boil down into one, and that is DISHONESTY on the part of Marcos, Jr. Dishonesty is an avenue of many bad, illegal acts that one may do, it may lead to a grand larceny, mass murder, or even death of a democratic country. The issues against Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr. a.k.a. Bongbong are not minute or a speck of a controversy, they are gargantuan questions which the people must investigate with precision ... FOR THE GOOD OF OUR MOTHERLAND.