SOME COMMENTSDarius Bondoc, GOTCHA, The Philippine Star, November 9, 2016:Ruling 9-5, the Supreme Court is setting the burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani of plunderer-dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ wax replica. Not far away from where it will lie is the burial plot of a presidential security police dog. The symbolism is stark. This race has no concept of the noble or respect for its heroes. Its magistrates – Arturo Brion, Presbitero Velasco, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Mariano del Castillo, Jose Perez, Teresita de Castro, Jose Mendoza, and Estela Perlas-Bernabe – infer that traitors, bandits, and murderers, so long as former soldiers and Presidents, may be honored there too. Woe to this lost nation.
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman:“This decision will never lead to a healing. It will just exacerbate the wounded feelings as well as the gross injustice suffered by the victims of human rights atrocities."
Martial law victim Carmencita Florentino:“It’s really infuriating. Saddening …. It hurts me so much. It’s like I want to shout, release all my tears I felt at the torture I experienced during martial law, the torture my family felt. It was as if the rights of the Filipino had been “trampled on. What will happen to our history? It will appear that Marcos is a hero. Is that a hero? Is he like (Jose) Rizal? He is not a hero. He is a dictator, a killer, an oppressor.â€
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