{"id":26646,"date":"2014-09-23T10:20:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T02:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26646"},"modified":"2014-09-28T11:53:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T03:53:18","slug":"after-two-decades-marcos-libingan-request-still-an-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/23\/after-two-decades-marcos-libingan-request-still-an-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"After two decades, Marcos\u2019 \u2018Libingan\u2019 request still an issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Imelda Marcos kisses the encasement of her late husband’s body. (Photo from http:\/\/scrapetv.com)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines\u2013 President Aquino has not changed his decision to disallow a hero\u2019s burial for the late President Ferdinand Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe position of the President remains the same,\u201d presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said on Sunday, the 42nd anniversary of Marcos\u2019 declaration of martial law.<\/p>\n

The Palace spokesperson added that the matter of a hero\u2019s burial for the ex-president has never come up, nor been re-discussed; hence, the decision made in 2010 \u2013 when Aquino vowed never to allow Marcos to be buried at the heroes\u2019 cemetery in Taguig City \u2013 had not changed.<\/p>\n

Marcos was ousted from power after a two-decade dictatorial rule marked corruption and brutality by the Edsa People Power Revolution in February 1986. He and his family fled to Hawaii, where he stayed until his death three years later, at the age of 72.<\/p>\n

Then President Corazon Aquino, Benigno III\u2019s mother, forbade the return of Marcos\u2019 body to the Philippines; a decision which was overruled by her successor, President Fidel V. Ramos, in 1993.<\/p>\n

Ramos allowed Marcos\u2019s body \u2013 which arrived from Hawaii on Sept. 7, 10993 \u2013 to lie in state in Laoag City, in the latter\u2019s home province of Ilocos Norte. The former, however, did not allow its burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani.<\/p>\n

Marcos was not given military honours, although the ceremonies were attended by a number of retired military generals who once served under his regime.<\/p>\n

Succeeding administrations \u2013 under Estrada and Arroyo \u2013 denied the family\u2019s request, as well.<\/p>\n

In 2011, a resolution was signed by several members of the House of Representatives conceding to the family\u2019s request, but Aquino refused to decide on the matter.<\/p>\n

The task was passed to Vice President Jejomar Binay, who recommended that Marcos be buried with military honors in Batac.<\/p>\n

This, however, was not acceptable to the Marcos family; and as such, the ex-president\u2019s body still lies in state.<\/p>\n

Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last week once again stressed the desire for a burial at the Libingan for his father: \u201cIt is his right because he is a soldier and he served in the military and his record speaks for itself. And he was the longest-sitting president in our history. By rights, he should be buried in Libingan ng mga Bayani. We really need to start moving forward. I think bringing us back again to that conflict does not serve its purpose now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  MANILA, Philippines\u2013 President Aquino has not changed his decision to disallow a hero\u2019s burial for the late President Ferdinand …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":26649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[7931],"class_list":["post-26646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-ferdinand-marcos-heros-burial","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}