A massive crowd formed a beautiful 'sea of lights' as they waved along to music during Philippine presidential aspirant Leni Robredo's election rally.

Video taken in Pasay City shows the attendees holding up their phones during the musical number to light up the length of Macapagal Boulevard on Robredo's birthday on April 23.

The politician's supporters came in droves to the venue to show their support for her, flocking to adjoining roads as early as noon and braving the sun's harsh heat. Rally organisers estimated a record 412,000 people in attendance - a formidable show of force for Robredo just weeks before the country's national elections.

Earlier on the same day, the presidential hopeful also clinched three historic endorsements from different sectors: one from the Muslim secessionist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), another from over 1,000 priests across predominantly Catholic Philippines, and a last one from labour group Kilosang Mayo Uno. All three groups are known to be historically averse to electoral politics and have shunned making endorsements, but have come out in support of Robredo on her birthday.

She is vying for the presidency of the Philippines, and has chosen the colour pink to brand her campaign. She is competing against nine other candidates, including controversial election poll frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

Human rights monitor Amnesty International said at least 3,240 were killed, 34,000 were tortured, and 70,000 were jailed during Marcos’s brutal 14-year reign under martial law. His family is believed to have amassed a staggering 5 to 10 billion USD as they plundered the national coffers and plunged the Philippines into debt. The Philippine Commission on Good Governance was established to recover the Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth after they fled the country in 1986.

A probe by news agency AFP said that ‘false and misleading claims have flooded Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter in the lead-up to the May 9 polls, pounding Filipinos with a relentless barrage of propaganda on platforms’ in support of Ferdinand Marcos Junior, who uses the nickname ‘Bongbong’.

The Philippines will be holding its national elections on May 9 this year.