- A petition for late president Ferdinand Marcos’ burial can be filed
- Vice presidential candidate Francis Escudero says Marcos deserves to be at Libingan ng mga Bayani
- He notes that conflict between Aquinos and Marcoses must end
A petition for the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani can be filed by the family, vice presidential candidate and incumbent senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero said; noting that the former leader deserves to be at the cemetery for heroes.
In an article that was published on Interaksyon, it was disclosed that Escudero noted that time has come to put an end to the almost three decades of debates whether or not to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
”That issue has been there for 30 years already, the friction, conflict between the Aquinos and Marcoses. Perhaps, it is time to end that,” Escudero said during a campaign sortie in Iloilo.
According to the leading vice presidential candidate, the Marcos family can file a petition before the court.
”If the Marcos family really wanted to bury former President Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, I wonder why until now they have not filed a case to allow them since the government is against it,” he said.
Escudero believes that Marcos deserves to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani because he served the country as a former president and a soldier.
At present, Marcos’ body is placed inside a glass-encased coffin in a temperature-controlled mausoleum in Batac City, Ilocos Norte. It has been there since 1993.
Resolution
In 2011, Escudero’s father, the late former Sorsorgon Rep. Salvador Escudero III, filed a resolution urging President Benigno Aquino III to allow Marcos’s burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Nearly 200 lawmakers at the House of Representatives signed the resolution. Aquino, however, turned down the resolution.
During the Marcos presidency, Aquino’s father, former Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr., was assassinated upon his arrival at the former Manila International Airport (now Ninoy Aquino International Airport) on Aug. 21, 1983.
Furthermore, proposals for a hero’s burial for the late dictator has always been met with opposition, especially from those who suffered under martial law.
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