The voting public could also see the parent 's previous accomplishment as something that the children can or will also accomplish . For example , before being elected as a President of the Philippines , Benigno ( Noynoy ) Aquino III was not very popular to the majority of Filipinos and did not have any major contributions as a senator compared to his contemporaries . However , he was propelled into mainstream public consciousness and became a mainstay in news stories when his mother , the first female president Corazon Aquino suddenly died . With the country in mourning and in the mood to reminisce the past – which included his father , the assassinated Benigno ( Ninoy ) Aquino Jr. – Noynoy won the presidential election . It was neither because of his charismatic personality nor his achievements as a senator but because he is the son of the country 's two major political figures
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Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.
Hereditary politicians