Saying that former dictator Ferdinand Marcos is no hero, young anti-Marcos activists donning superhero costumes said Monday morning that burying the convicted human rights violator at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is tantamount to rewriting history.
“Sila ang tunay na hero, si Marcos zero,” said Akbayan nominee Francis Isaac, referring to the superhero creative action his group conducted in Quezon City to protest the resolution filed by former Marcos agriculture minister and currently Sorsogon Representative Salvador Escudero III.
Isaac, together with young activists wearing costumes of Batman, Robin, 'Spiderman, Supergirl and The Flash, Akbayan Party protested the resolution and promised to stop the proposed hero burial of Marcos.
“Kapag natuloy ang pagpapalibing kay Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani, mababalewala ang mga itinayang buhay, dugo at pawis ng mga lumaban sa diktadura ni Marcos. Hindi namin ito hahayaan. Hindi natin hahayaan na mabura sa kasaysayan ng bansa ang paghihirap na dinanas ng mga lumaban sa isang berdugong rehimen,” added Isaac.
Isaac is confident that young Filipinos who never experienced the dictatorship are aware of the Marcos regime's crimes, how the dictatorship wrought havoc to the lives of thousand who opposed them and how the whole country suffered under its brutal rule.
Alam namin na libo-libong Pilipino ang nagbuwis ng buhay upang labanan ang diktadura. Libo-libo rin ang mga nadukot at magpahanggang ngayon ay hinahanap pa. Alam namin na maraming mamamayan ay nakaranas ng pagmamalupit sa kamay ng military at pulis na ginamit ng mag-asawang Marcos upang supilin ang mga lumalaban sa kanilang pamamahala,” Isaac explained.
“Kahit hindi namin inabutan ang martial law, hanggang ngayon ay nararamdaman namin ito dahil and epekto ng martial law ni Marcos ay patuloy na nararamdaman sa ating kultura, ekonomiya at pulitika,” added Isaac.
Marcos ruled with an iron hand during the 14-year dictatorship. After his ouster in 1986 through the EDSA People Power uprising, the Marcoses left the country with billions of foreign debt and a bankrupt national treasury.
Recently, a US court ruled in favor of the human rights victims during the Marcos regime, giving the victims and the relatives monetary compensation.
“Bakit natin ililibing ang isang convicted human right violator sa Libingan ng mga Bayani?” Isaac asked. “Hindi siya karapat dapat na ilibing na tulad ng ating mga bayani." (end)
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