ACTIVITY SHEET IN EAPP

TEACHER: LORECY O. BALDEO

QUARTER: _2__ MODULE: _1__

NAME:___Allen Carl D. Odang______ GRADE AND SECTION:___STEM 1, Grade 11_________

ACTIVITY NO.___1_____ DATE: ____01/01/2022____ SCORE:

In 1980, the 23-year-old Marcos Jr. became vice governor of Ilocos Norte, running unopposed under the
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan party of his father, who was ruling the Philippines under martial law at the time.
He then became governor of Ilocos Norte in 1983, holding that office until his family was ousted from
power by the People Power Revolution and fled into exile in Hawaii in February 1986.After the death of his
father in 1989, President Corazon Aquino eventually allowed the remaining members of the Marcos family
to return to the Philippines to face various charges.
Marcos was elected as representative of Ilocos Norte's 2nd congressional district from 1992 to 1995. Marcos
ran for and was elected governor of Ilocos Norte again in 1998. After nine years, he returned to his previous
position as representative from 2007 to 2010, then became senator under the Nacionalista Party from 2010
to 2016.
In 2015, Marcos ran for vice president in the 2016 election. With a difference of 263,473 votes, 0.64 percent
difference, Marcos lost to Camarines Sur representative Leni Robredo. In response, Marcos filed an
electoral protest at the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. His petition was later unanimously dismissed after the
pilot recount of the chosen provinces of Negros Oriental, Iloilo and Camarines Sur resulted in Robredo
widening her lead even more by 15,093 additional votes.
In 2021, Marcos announced that he will run for president of the Philippines in the upcoming 2022 election,
under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP).

How Bongbong Marcos Performed as Senator?

Former Sen. Bongbong Marcos is running for president, and his supporters and critics are trading barbs over
his qualifications to hold the highest position in the land and lead the country to pandemic recovery.
Apart from questions on his educational background, debates also focused on Marcos’ legislative
accomplishments as critics compared his work to those of his rivals, including Vice President Leni Robredo
who defeated him in 2016.
The only son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos served as senator for one term, from 2010
to 2016, during the administration of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the political heir of
the rival Aquino family.
Majority of laws passed are local in scope
According to his official website, Marcos passed 54 laws which he either authored, co-authored, sponsored,
or co-sponsored.
Former Sen. Bongbong Marcos is running for president, and his supporters and critics are trading barbs over
his qualifications to hold the highest position in the land and lead the country to pandemic recovery.
Apart from questions on his educational background, debates also focused on Marcos’ legislative
accomplishments as critics compared his work to those of his rivals, including Vice President Leni Robredo
who defeated him in 2016.
The only son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos served as senator for one term, from 2010
to 2016, during the administration of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the political heir of
the rival Aquino family.

Here’s a look at how Marcos performed as a senator, as well as his position on various issues:

Majority of laws passed are local in scope

According to his official website, Marcos passed 54 laws which he either authored, co-authored, sponsored,
or co-sponsored.
Of these, 23 were enacted during the 15th Congress from 2010 to 2013, while 31 were approved during the
16th Congress from 2013 to 2016.
Eighteen of the laws passed are national in scope, while the remaining 36 are local, which cater mostly to
residents of a particular region, province, or municipality.
These local measures include establishing the cityhood of a town, reapportioning of legislative districts,
declaring local holidays, and renaming of roads after historical personalities.
Marcos chaired the Senate Committees on Local Government, Public Works and Highways, and Urban
Planning, Housing and Resettlement. In many cases, it’s the chairperson of these committees who sponsor
the measures in the plenary, even if he or she is not necessarily the original proponent of these bills.
A further look into these laws through the Senate website also revealed that Marcos principally authored one
of the 18 national laws he passed. This is RA 10632 or the law postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan
elections in 2013, which he filed as Senate Bill 1186 during the 16th Congress and was considered as the
Senate version
Other laws that he co-authored during the 16th Congress include the Expanded Senior Citizens Act, the
Student Athletes Protection Act, the PAGASA Modernization Act, and the Children’s Emergency Relief and
Protection Act.
For the 15th Congress, Marcos co-authored the Cybercrime Prevention Act, the Anti-Drunk and Drugged
Driving Act, the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, among others.
Marcos’ website also said he filed a total of 222 bills and resolutions during his term as senator, of which
121 were bills and 101 were resolutions.

Position on key issues

As a senator, Marcos had the chance to comment on various national issues, from the pork barrel scam to the
impeachment of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona, to the approval of controversial bills.
Pork barrel scam
In April 2016, while he was campaigning for vice president, Marcos was sued for plunder over his alleged
involvement in the pork barrel scam, where he supposedly channeled P205 million of his discretionary funds
to the bogus NGOs of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles.
“That’s the problem with us. Everything is all about politics. Justice becomes politics,” Marcos said after the
complaint was filed.
“That’s what they do, if you’re not an ally you will be charged. If you’re an ally even if you’re involved they
do nothing. That’s why we are victims,” he added.

Corona impeachment

Marcos is one of the only three senators who voted against the impeachment of the late Chief Justice Renato
Corona on grounds of betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution.
“When the furor has died down and this political storm has subsided, I know that like Lady Justice, we shall
find solace in the fact that this decision, though may be not popular, was fair, impartial, and just,” Marcos
said as he claimed rejecting political pressure from the Aquino administration to impeach Corona.
“We may be faulted for erring on the side of conservatism. But what we are doing is redefining the
relationship between branches of government, and when such great affairs of state are uncertain, the
resulting instability puts every Filipino's future in limbo,” he added.
Reproductive health

Although he was not an author, Marcos voted for the approval of the Reproductive Health Law, which was
opposed by some religious groups.
“In my experience in public service, it became clear to me after being witnessed to the agony and the
hardship of young women and men when they find themselves in a situation where they're ill-prepared and
often ignorant of,” he said as he explained his “yes” vote.
“We must do something for them. And it was from this that I promise that I would anything that I could to
improve the pathetic and heart-wrenching state of affairs. The RH bill is just such an opportunity,” he added.

Cybercrime Prevention

While he voted for the approval of the Cybercrime Prevention Law, Marcos filed a measure seeking to
delete the provision that imposes a higher penalty for cyberlibel than what was imposed for libel committed
through traditional media.
“If a crime is committed by, through and with the use of information and communications technologies,
then the penalties provided under the present laws should be imposed accordingly and should not be
increased solely on the ground that the crime was perpetrated through the use of cyberspace,” he said.

Bangsamoro region

Marcos, as chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government, sponsored the proposed Bangsamoro Basic
Law in the plenary. Although the measure failed to pass the 16th Congress, it was eventually approved and
enacted into law in 2017.
“Peace is the first step on an endless golden road to the future. Peace leads to order, which leads to progress,
which leads to prosperity and dignity for all. Peace is in the soul of our nation,” he said.

Why should you vote for Bongbong Marcos?

At what point do we start holding accountable those who can see, but choose to be blind anyway?'
Make no mistake: Bongbong Marcos knows exactly what he is doing.
If the social surveys are to be believed, the son of a dictator is the frontrunner. Then again, he was also
leading in opinion polling for vice president in 2016, and he lost. Jejomar Binay and Grace Poe were leading
the surveys this early that same year, and neither became president.
For those against his bid, that sounds like a good sign that he would fail. So do what seems to be a series of
recent moves, from refusing to attend presidential forums, media interviews, and disqualification hearings to
claiming anyone against him is biased – moves that many would call cowardly. And they are.
But if you expect all of these new controversies to readily turn the tide against him, you need a reality check.
Those moves are never intended to persuade folks Marcos knows he can never win over. Instead, he will
likely present them as part of his campaign against sociopolitical traditions and institutions in which the
masses have lost faith for decades. With the Philippines arguably in the worst shape it has been since the
Martial Law days, people desperate for change can equate that with the failure of the leaders after the EDSA
Revolution to deliver promises of prosperity for every Filipino.
Oddly enough, two of those leaders, ex-presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Arroyo, are backing Marcos
and his running mate, the daughter of the current president who idolizes the dictator. Those three
personalities not only are the leaders of political dynasties (which are unconstitutional, by the way), but are
more known for administrations filled with controversies and alleged (or in Estrada’s case, proven)
corruption than actual accomplishments. That's why I choose Bongbong Marcos to be the President of our
country.