THE vice-presidential race ostensibly looks like a tight contest between Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. and Rep. Leni Robredo, but in reality it is a contest between Bongbong and President Benigno BS Aquino III.

Robredo is only a surrogate for Aquino and his administration. Marcos represented only himself, although some insisted during the campaign on portraying him as the bid of the Marcoses to return to power.

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