The former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos died in exile in Hawaii in 1989, after having plundered his country during his reign [1965-1986] - to the tune of 100 billion dollars [approximately EUR 70 billion], according to some estimates. But, twenty-five years after his fall, the voices of a growing number are heard to claim his burial in Cemetery of Heroes.
Vividly demonstrated by the March 21 resolution signed by 190 members of the House of Representatives calling on President Benigno Aquino III to allow Marcos to rest at Libingan ng Mga Bayani, is known as the cemetery, located in historic Fort Bonifacio , Manila. Other members on the 284 that has a total of the House should follow suit.
Since his return, the body of Marcos is on display in a mausoleum in Batac, in the north. His widow, Imelda, had previously kept in a refrigerated building on the Hawaiian island of Oahu until it is permitted to bring into the home province of late autocrat. Marcos is suspected of ordering the murder of the father of current president, misappropriated $ 100 billion of public funds and put up a real kleptocracy.
But in a country where virtually no high-flying crook was never punished for his misdeeds, what justification is left to rot slowly Marcos in his hometown? There is barely a month, Angelo Reyes, a former army officer who committed suicide after being accused of bribery, was buried in the Cemetery of Heroes.
And then there Imelda. Despite its alleged complicity in the embezzlement of billions of dollars out to public funds, the widow of the tyrant congressional seat. His son, Ferdinand Jr., said "Bongbong", is a member of the Senate, and his daughter, Maria Imelda Josefa Romualdez Marcos, Imee nicknamed, is governor of his home province.
His former family have kept their wealth and their influence intact, and the state has recovered only a fraction of the billions embezzled. If the country had seriously wanted to punish the former dictator, he would take legal proceedings for his extradition from Hawaii when he was still alive.
Instead, the government of Corazon Aquino [who took control of the country in 1986] did not dare take advantage of its momentum and popularity, when he still had enough to settle their account Marcos and his many acolytes. Nevertheless, the idea to give Marcos a hero's funeral was hard to pass for Edilberto C.
de Jesus, a former education minister and current president of the Asian Institute of Management. Mr. de Jesus, one of the most respected figures in the country, has set the record straight in an article published by the vitriolic newspaper Philippine Daily Inquirer. "I doubt he is outraged that all conditions are met one day to defend the burial of Ferdinand Marcos ng Mga Bayani at Libingan." Supporters of a hero's funeral for Marcos invoke its action including during the Second World War.
But, writes Mr. de Jesus, acts of war were clearly fabricated. The idea may also be difficult to swallow for the current president, Benigno S. Aquino III, whose father, Benigno S. Aquino II, was assassinated on the tarmac of the Manila international airport by Marcos's henchmen August 21, 1983. 
Vividly demonstrated by the March 21 resolution signed by 190 members of the House of Representatives calling on President Benigno Aquino III to allow Marcos to rest at Libingan ng Mga Bayani, is known as the cemetery, located in historic Fort Bonifacio , Manila. Other members on the 284 that has a total of the House should follow suit.
Since his return, the body of Marcos is on display in a mausoleum in Batac, in the north. His widow, Imelda, had previously kept in a refrigerated building on the Hawaiian island of Oahu until it is permitted to bring into the home province of late autocrat. Marcos is suspected of ordering the murder of the father of current president, misappropriated $ 100 billion of public funds and put up a real kleptocracy.
But in a country where virtually no high-flying crook was never punished for his misdeeds, what justification is left to rot slowly Marcos in his hometown? There is barely a month, Angelo Reyes, a former army officer who committed suicide after being accused of bribery, was buried in the Cemetery of Heroes.
And then there Imelda. Despite its alleged complicity in the embezzlement of billions of dollars out to public funds, the widow of the tyrant congressional seat. His son, Ferdinand Jr., said "Bongbong", is a member of the Senate, and his daughter, Maria Imelda Josefa Romualdez Marcos, Imee nicknamed, is governor of his home province.
His former family have kept their wealth and their influence intact, and the state has recovered only a fraction of the billions embezzled. If the country had seriously wanted to punish the former dictator, he would take legal proceedings for his extradition from Hawaii when he was still alive.
Instead, the government of Corazon Aquino [who took control of the country in 1986] did not dare take advantage of its momentum and popularity, when he still had enough to settle their account Marcos and his many acolytes. Nevertheless, the idea to give Marcos a hero's funeral was hard to pass for Edilberto C.
de Jesus, a former education minister and current president of the Asian Institute of Management. Mr. de Jesus, one of the most respected figures in the country, has set the record straight in an article published by the vitriolic newspaper Philippine Daily Inquirer. "I doubt he is outraged that all conditions are met one day to defend the burial of Ferdinand Marcos ng Mga Bayani at Libingan." Supporters of a hero's funeral for Marcos invoke its action including during the Second World War.
But, writes Mr. de Jesus, acts of war were clearly fabricated. The idea may also be difficult to swallow for the current president, Benigno S. Aquino III, whose father, Benigno S. Aquino II, was assassinated on the tarmac of the Manila international airport by Marcos's henchmen August 21, 1983.
- Philippine court orders Marcos to return $280,000 (11/04/2011)
- Philippine court orders Marcos to return $280,000 (11/04/2011)
- [Petition] Marcos is not a hero! Protest the plan to make him one! (11/04/2011)
- Palace: Nothing Wrong in the Inclusion of Marcos in Afp Hall of Heroes (12/04/2011)
- [Statement] House of Representatives, House for Impunity? - PAHRA (11/04/2011)
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