President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is sworn in to take over after Duterte.

Rodrigo Duterte’s successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., was sworn in as Philippine president during a ceremony in Manila.

With his inauguration, the Marcos political dynasty, which was overthrown in 1986 as a result of a public uprising, makes an astounding comeback.

Last month, Mr. Marcos Jr., also known as Bongbong, won with a resounding victory.

The vice-presidential oath of office is being administered to Sara Duterte, the president-daughter. elect’s

At noon local time (0400 GMT), Mr. Marcos Jr. took the oath of office in a ceremonial event at the National Museum.

He waved and grinned as he watched a parade that included a flying demonstration of jet fighters and march-pasts by various uniformed members of the Philippine military, flanked by his wife and three sons.

In his first speech as president, he thanked the crowd for delivering what he described as “the biggest electoral mandate in the history of Philippine democracy.”

The 64-year-old leader inherits a nation still struggling to recover from an epidemic that lasted years, as well as an uncertain economic future due to soaring inflation and mounting debt.

Critics claim that despite his broad commitments to increase employment and combat rising prices, there has been little discussion of substantive policy reform.

In the wake of Mr. Duterte’s administration, which has been characterised by a deadly war on drugs policy and a tightening grip on press freedom, some are also looking to Mr. Marcos Jr. to restore the country’s reputation.

The new president was inaugurated just a few days after the Supreme Court of Manila decided that his conviction for tax evasion did not bar him from holding office.

Additionally, it comes on the heels of a regulator in the Philippines saying on Wednesday that it stood by its decision to shut down the investigative news website Rappler, one of the few publications there that was critical of the former administration.

Mr. Marcos Jr. honoured his late father, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who controlled the Philippines for two decades with an iron grip, during his inauguration speech.

Invoking martial law, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. assumed control of the nation’s courts, companies, and media.

Thousands of dissidents and political opponents were killed after being imprisoned and tortured by the army and police.

“I once knew a man who saw how little had been achieved since independence. He got it done,” Mr Marcos Jr said. “So will it be with his son. You will get no excuses from me.”

“I once knew a man who saw how little had been achieved since independence. He got it done,” Mr Marcos Jr said. “So will it be with his son. You will get no excuses from me.”

The inauguration of Mr. Marcos Jr. represents the conclusion of the Marcoses’ protracted battle to recover their former political prominence.

Millions of people took to the streets in a major rebellion that terminated Marcos Srgovernment .’s in 1986, and the Marcos family, including a 28-year-old named Bongbong, fled the nation for Hawaii.

The veteran politician, who moved back to the Philippines in 1991, has tried to portray his father’s administration as a “golden era” of development and wealth.

An intensive social media campaign led by Mr. Marcos Jr. helped boost his popularity. This campaign was particularly appealing to voters who weren’t old enough to have lived through the years of the dictatorship firsthand.

Meanwhile, detractors said that his social media campaign was full of false material and covered up the atrocities committed under his father’s tenure. He has refuted these charges.

Having Sara Duterte as his running mate helped him win the election by uniting the bases of two political dynasties: the Dutertes on southern Mindanao island and the Marcoses in the northern Philippines.