Earlier today, the son of the former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos announced that he’s running for president in 2022.

The recorded video announcement was short Marcos Junior promising to bring back a “unifying leadership” to this country which his father ruled with an iron fist for most of his 20-year regime and based on official records and court decisions a nation plundered by the family and its cronies worth billions of dollars.

So, why should Filipinos today vote for Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.?

And what would explain his strong showing in surveys, which, if true, would raise the prospect of another Marcos in Malacañang 36 years after Filipinos booted them out?