Millions of people are queuing across the islands to vote for their next president in Philippines.

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the son of the country’s previous dictator, is widely expected to win the president.

According to polls, he is likely to win by a landslide.

His clan was deposed 36 years ago by a popular uprising.

His major opponent is Leni Robredo, a liberal who narrowly defeated Marcos for vice president in 2016.

However, surveys have regularly shown the Marcos heir with a 30-point lead throughout the campaign.

The nation has 67.5 million eligible voters that are anticipating to turn out in large number.

Many are lining up before daybreak on Monday to vote at polling booths in schools and community centers.

Some voters at a school in Manila told that they were having problems inserting their voting papers into the counting machines.

Others claimed they were told to leave their ballots with booth workers.

The Inquirer reported that over 1,800 machines out of tens of thousands had malfunctioned in the morning.

Yet, the election commission had “fixed” them by midday.

“There will always be suspicions of anomalies,” Comelec Commissioner George Garcia told.

He also stated that there have been “limited” allegations of violence and that “the police are in complete control of the situation.”

There was a grenade strike outside a voting booth in the dangerous Mindanao region injuring nine persons on Sunday.

Whoever wins presidential election will succeed Rodrigo Duterte.

Mr. Duterte’s administration has been chastised for its harsh anti-drug and anti-crime policies.

The administration has always denied any wrongdoing.

Critics also claim that democratic institutions have been attacked during his tenure as a president.