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Bongbong Marcos Got Mistaken as "Prime Minister" at ASEAN Malaysia 2025?


Mistakes like these are common. It's probably because Malaysians are too accustomed to the term "prime minister" than president. Malaysia's Head of State is a monarch, not a president, compared to its former territory of Singapore. In fact, some Filipinos have referred to prime ministers as "presidente" (president) on social media. It's probably because Filipinos are too accustomed to the term president, to refer to any head of the country.

I find this mistake rather funny. Honestly, someone in charge should've double-checked before even addressing President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.. Marcos is a president, belonging to a presidential system. Also, not every prime minister belongs to a parliamentary system. I just pray that Raissa Espinosa-Robles doesn't take advantage of this situation to demonize the parliamentary system (read here). However, I'm also anticipating that Mrs. Robles will, so I could at least, fire another shot! 

Some prime ministers exist as executive assistants to the president, such as the case of South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Taiwan (called a premier). Having a prime minister doesn't automatically mean that the country's form of government, is parliamentary. A prime minister can exist in both kinds of systems, except the roles can greatly differ. 


I find this hilariously stupid, like when the late Benigno "Noynoy" Simeon C. Aquino III, was mistakenly thought to have been beheaded in 2014. As a Tagalog speaker, I laughed my head off due to the impossibility since Noynoy was probably anywhere else but Saudi at that time. There's always the need to get the facts straight.

Bongbong isn't the prime minister of the Philippines. Just as Noynoy wasn't beheaded in Saudi last 2014. Noynoy died of kidney disease last June 21, 2021. As always, we need to check for factual errors and correct them (read here)! 
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