The Philippines in 2026: Can Marcos Restore Public Trust?

The Philippines in 2026: Can Marcos Restore Public Trust?

In 2025, Philippine politics was dominated by political feuds and rising public anger at high-level government corruption.

Weak Leadership, Worsening Economy, Rising Stakes

Yet 2026 could be the year Filipinos turn frustration into action and reshape the political landscape The Philippines enters 2026 politically unsettled and economically fragile not because of a sudden crisis, but due to accumulating structural pressures. The Marcos Jr administration increasingly revealed itself as a building badly made because of weak leadership, and last year’s worsening economic decline is the ground giving way beneath it. The…