IT has been 11 days since the elections of May 9, 2022 in the Philippines and the results have already sunk in for me. For the presidential race, since the withdrawal of Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go, I have been a fence-sitter as none of the frontrunners were palatable choices to me. I was critical of former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo, although I targeted Marcos more in my social media posts because he was the runaway frontrunner according to the pre-election surveys.

The results have been predictable and expected. The pre-election surveys have consistently placed candidate Marcos ahead by a projected majority of the votes.

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