Marcos visits dictator father's grave, but seeks break with past

'Judge me not by my ancestors, but by my actions,' he says via spokesman

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Philippine president-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., left, on Wednesday visited the grave of his late father, former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi and Getty Images) 

CLIFF VENZON, Nikkei staff writer

MANILA -- A day after winning Monday's Philippine presidential election in a landslide, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. visited the grave of his father -- the dictator with whom he shares the same name -- at the Heroes' Cemetery in Metro Manila.

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