I choose the Aquinos . I ' m not saying they ' re without flaws , and I ' m still waiting for them to treat their farmers in Tarlac better , but given a choice between them and the Marcoses , I ' m going with the former . Damn me if you will , but I will not vote for any Marcoses unless that candidate shows a sliver of remorse for what their family put the country through . I heavily disagree that Ferdinand was an amazing leader . Weighing his good with the bad , the net value is negative . He started the continuing snowball of foreign debt that we ' re still paying up for exchangerates . php ? A 1 C 1 USDC 2 PHPYA 1 DD 101 MM 101 YYYY 11953 B 1 PI 1 DD 223 MM 211 YYYY 22016 btnOKGo % 21 , they pillaged the country to no end just to finance Imelda ' s shoe collection , and they maintained a stranglehold on the country because of their thirst for power . And no , they ' re not the only two families around .