Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...
president of the Philippines
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Supreme Court
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administered the oath of office.
It was the fourth
Philippine presidential inauguration
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held at the National Museum of Fine Arts, as the venue was previously used for the inauguration of former presidents
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, (; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his dea ...
in
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
,
José P. Laurel
José Paciano Laurel y García (; March 9, 1891 – November 6, 1959) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and judge, who served as the president of the Japanese-occupied Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state during World War II, from 1943 ...
in
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
, and
Manuel Roxas
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in
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
when it was then known as the Legislative Building.
Sara Duterte
Sara Vicenta Zimmerman Duterte-Carpio (, ; born May 31, 1978), commonly known as Inday Sara, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is the 15th and current vice president of the Philippines. She is the third female vice president, the third ...
vice president of the Philippines
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, held a separate inauguration on Sunday, June 19, 2022, at the San Pedro Square in
Davao City
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, but assumed the post on June 30. According to Duterte, her inauguration was scheduled earlier so that she could attend Marcos's.
Background
The inauguration marked the end of the presidential transition of
Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...
, who was elected in the
2022 Philippine presidential election
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Congress of the Philippines
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with 31,629,783 votes or 58.77% of all votes, a
landslide victory
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. The joint bicameral
Congress
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proclaimed Marcos as the
president-elect
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and
Sara Duterte
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as the vice president-elect on May 25, 2022.
Upon his inauguration, Marcos became the first majority president since the establishment of the Fifth Republic in
1986
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* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
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. He also became the second president from
Ilocos Norte
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(after his father and namesake
Ferdinand Marcos
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), and the third child of a former president to hold the post (after
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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and
Benigno Aquino III
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). Meanwhile, Duterte became the first majority vice president since the establishment of the Fifth Republic in 1986, the first vice president from
Davao City
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, the youngest to be elected as vice president having aged only 44, the third woman to hold the post (after Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and
Leni Robredo
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She was the wife of the late Jesse ...
), the third vice president who is a child of a president (after
Salvador Laurel
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and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo), the third vice president to come from
Mindanao
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(after
Emmanuel Pelaez
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Pelaez was born in Medina, Misamis (now ...
and
Teofisto Guingona Jr.
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), and the fourth Cebuano-speaking vice president overall (after
Sergio Osmeña
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,
Carlos P. Garcia
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, and Emmanuel Pelaez). Together, they are the first presidential ticket to win together since the 2004 election which was won by Arroyo and
Noli de Castro
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.
Marcos' inaugural ceremony
Planning and preparations
Marcos' sister
Irene Marcos
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Irene Marcos's presence is known as being "t ...
was put in charge of the preparations for the inauguration.
The National Museum of Fine Arts was selected as the venue of the inauguration. The museum is closed from June 6 to July 4 for the preparations and for the inauguration itself. The
Quirino Grandstand
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at the
Rizal Park
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where the inauguration of several presidents (including Marcos's father,
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...
) had been held, was earlier considered as a possible venue along with the museum. However, the grandstand was soon rejected as the adjacent area was currently occupied by the
Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital
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.
Fort Santiago
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was another venue considered for its inauguration. A portion of the
Club Intramuros Golf Course The Club Intramuros Golf Course is a golf course situated on the periphery of the walled area of Intramuros in Manila, Philippines. It one of the oldest golf courses in the Philippines.
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adjacent to the museum was used to accommodate an audience of 2000 to 3000 people.
On inauguration day, Marcos wore two sets of barong designed by Pepito Albert: a modern barong inspired from the Spanish colonial era ''
rayadillo
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'' for activities in the morning and a fully-embroidered barong from Taal for events in the evening.
Security and travel restrictions
The Manila local government declared the inauguration day as a special non-working holiday in the city. Government offices in the city suspended work from June 29 to 30 in connection with the inauguration. Select roads near the venue were closed and traffic was rerouted. A gun-ban was imposed in the whole of
Metro Manila
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from June 27 to July 2, 2022. The
Philippine National Police
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(PNP) deployed 6,000 personnel while the
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
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dispatched 2,000 traffic personnel near the vicinity.
Ceremony
Before the inauguration rites, departure honors in
Malacañang Palace
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grounds for the outgoing
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Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...
was held. Duterte arrived at around 9:00 a.m. and was followed shortly by Marcos. The two proceeded inside Malacañang and held one-on-one talks, descended the Palace stairs, and witnessed the departure honors for Duterte, which began with a 21-gun salute followed by an inspection of troops, and the farewell of the outgoing president to his cabinet members. Duterte proceeded to leave first for a visit to the
Greenbelt
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shopping mall in
Makati
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Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...
before embarking a commercial flight back to
Davao City
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With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
), while President-elect Marcos stayed a couple of minutes before departing for the National Museum of Fine Arts.
After Marcos arrived at the venue, the ceremony began with the singing of the national anthem,
Lupang Hinirang
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, by
Toni Gonzaga
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. Following the singing of the national anthem, an interfaith prayer and a full military and civil parade was held.
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Tito Sotto
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then read the proclamation of the election results. Marcos then began taking his oath of office. As per tradition, the chief justice of the
Supreme Court
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,
Alexander Gesmundo
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, administered the oath of office. At exactly 12:00 PST (
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), Marcos recited the following, as prescribed by the Constitution:
Upon completing the oath of office, a
21-gun salute
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was immediately fired, followed by four
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''Marangal na Parangal'' (Glorious Honors) in honor of the new president. He then afterwards delivered his inaugural address.
In his inaugural address that lasted for about 25 minutes, Marcos enumerated his priorities as the president, such as the economy, environment, infrastructure development, and the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic
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, giving a preview of what his presidency will look like. He reiterated his promise of unifying leadership, stating that by voting for him, the people rejected the "politics of division." Marcos also asked for the public's help in achieving his vision for the country although he will not base his success on the people's cooperation. He also thanked his predecessor for "the courage of his hard decisions."
Marcos stated that his economic team was forming a "comprehensive, all-inclusive plan" for the economy and also vowed to address food security in his tenure. He also committed to finish the ongoing infrastructure projects of the past administration on time, and pledged to create a more comprehensive infrastructure plan that will be implemented within his administration. Regarding the country’s COVID-19 response, Marcos stated that there were shortcomings that he wanted to fix, recalling his experience after being infected with the disease. He also vowed to take steps to address
climate change
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and criticized richer countries who are not as affected by its impacts and are doing little about it. The new president also vowed to reform the educational curriculum under his administration, but clarified that he pertained to the sciences and vocational skills, not history. Marcos concluded his speech by thanking the people, vowing to do his best.
Marcos stated that he won the largest electoral mandate in Philippine history. Although he won the most number of votes for the presidency, three former presidents,
Manuel L. Quezon
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,
Ramon Magsaysay
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, and his father garnered a higher percentage of the vote than him. Marcos also claimed that his father was the only president to have delivered food security to the Philippines, although his administration was marked by increased inflation, famine, and heavy importation of food; some programs, such as
Masagana 99
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, were only initially successful and were unsustainable in the end. Marcos also claimed that
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fossil-free technologies have yet to be invented to support whole economies and is not yet seriously tried by developed countries; however, several countries have already committed to renewable energy technology to move away from fossil fuels and slow down climate change in the context of the ongoing
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affecting global oil markets. Marcos also claimed that he was the one who built the
Bangui Wind Farm
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in the province of
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when he was the provincial governor. Although the windmills were built during his tenure as governor in 2005, the project was primarily a private venture of the NorthWind Power Development Corporation (NPDC).
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Wang Qishan
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Charles John Brown
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,
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for
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and
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of
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Yoshimasa Hayashi
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Kweon Seong-dong
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Saifuddin Abdullah
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Maliki Osman
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Don Pramudwinai
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and
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of
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and Trade Envoy to the Philippines
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Post-inaugural events
Following the ceremony, a
vin d'honneur
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was held inside the National Museum of Fine Arts. Marcos returned to Malacañang Palace for arrival honors and to lead the mass oath-taking of his Cabinet. The inaugural dinner was also held inside Malacañang. A “People’s Concert” took place at around 9 p.m. at
Mendiola Street
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near the palace.
Protests
The PNP relayed that protests would be allowed but not near the inauguration venue. They were allowed to hold protests in government-designated freedom parks. In Manila, there are four such venues, namely
Plaza Miranda
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,
Plaza Dilao
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,
Plaza Moriones
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, and the
Liwasang Bonifacio
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.
On the day of the inauguration, an anti-Marcos protest was held by the leftist group
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at 10 a.m. at Plaza Miranda. The group originally planned to use the Liwasang Bonifacio but moved to prevent a clash between them and pro-Marcos supporters, who had gathered at the venue.
Duterte's inaugural ceremony
The oath-taking of vice president-elect
Sara Duterte
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was held on June 19, 2022, at the San Pedro Square near the city hall of
Davao City
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, the first vice presidential inauguration to be held in Mindanao. Duterte scheduled her ceremony earlier so that she could attend Marcos' inauguration. She still assumed the vice presidency only on June 30 as per law. At Duterte's request, the oath-taking was administered by
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.
The event started with a
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. The oath-taking of Duterte was administered by Justice Hernando at 5:13 p.m. PST (
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). Her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, held the Bible, while her father, outgoing president
Rodrigo Duterte
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, stood as witness. In her inaugural address, Duterte emphasized the importance of serving the country and national unity. She recalled her journey from being an aspiring medical practitioner to Davao City mayor and eventually vice president, and urged Filipinos to heed the call of public service. Duterte also highlighted the problems facing the youth and the role of families in education. She also called for unity to address the challenges faced by the country.
Around 200 people attended her inauguration. Notable guests included the Duterte family, president-elect Marcos and his family, former president
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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, and several senators and diplomats. Outgoing vice president
Leni Robredo
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was invited but declined to attend as she was in her home city of
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for the city's charter day. The ceremony ended with a "Musikahan: Pasasalamat" concert featuring
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