Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte, children of the dictators and tyrants, are set to be inaugurated as President and Vice President of the Philippines this June 30, 2022. This is a result of one of the dirtiest general elections held in the Philippines in recent history. This is also a result of decades worth of disinformation and historical revisionism that is most likely bank rolled by the Marcoses' billions of ill-gotten wealth.

The result of the recent elections raised many doubts for millions of Filipinos as there is evidence that the process had been anything but clean and fair. Some of the bases for these doubts are:

• Military personnel snatching ballot boxes, such as the case in Lumbatan, Lanao del Sur;
• Police Officers were tearing ballots where Leni Robredo’s name was shaded;
• Individuals who possessed multiple ballots were assigned to shade them in favor of Mr. Marcos Jr. and his slate; and
• Widespread vote-buying. On 15 May 2022, the COMELEC admitted that there was rampant vote-buying.  
• Vote-counting machines malfunctioned. On 9 May 2022, thousands of vote-counting machines malfunctioned and many voters were disenfranchised during the election day. There were also reports of electronic vote-rigging.

On 20 May 2022, Ms. Séverine De Laveleye, a Belgian parliamentarian, stated that the Philippine election on 9 May 2022 was not “not free and fair.” Ms. De Laveleye presented the interim report of the International Observer Mission (IOM) on the May 9 elections.

On 20 May 2022, Rodne Rodiño Galicha, a private citizen, posted photos and videos of election return documents dumped in a vacant lot in Amadeo, Cavite province. As a response, the COMELEC had asked F2 Logistics, the company it hired to provide services during the elections, to explain the materials found in the vacant lot. The top officials of F2 Logistics are donors to the 2016 election campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte, whose daughter is Mr. Marcos Jr. 's running mate.  

The United States Government should not legitimize Mr. Marcos Jr.'s fraudulent presumptive election. We appeal to President Joe Biden and his office to not attend the inauguration of the presumptive president. The fraudulent May 2022 election in the Philippines will further set back the country’s long-term democratic development, as well as the United States Government’s country, regional, and global foreign policy priorities.