{"id":60122,"date":"2015-08-27T21:34:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T13:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=60122"},"modified":"2015-08-27T21:34:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T13:34:11","slug":"bongbong-marcos-unapologetic-over-fathers-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/27\/bongbong-marcos-unapologetic-over-fathers-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Bongbong Marcos unapologetic over father\u2019s presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Photo from Marcos’ website<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 In an interview with ANC\u2019s Headstart, Senator Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr. stirred away from apologizing regarding the alleged dictatorship, corruption and abuse of human rights by his late father and former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill I say sorry for the thousands and thousands of kilometers [of roads] that were built? Will I say sorry for the agricultural policy that brought us to self-sufficiency in rice? Will I say sorry for the power generation? Will I say sorry for the highest literacy rate in Asia? What am I to say sorry about?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The senator, however, clarified that he and his family have always apologized to those who might have been victimized or neglected during his father\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have constantly said that if during the time of my father, kung may nasagasaan, o merong sinasabing hindi natulungan o (if there were those who were run over or those who were neglected or) they were victimized in some way or another, of course, we are sorry that happened. Nobody wants that to happen. These are instances that have fallen through the cracks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With speculations that he has been considering joining next year\u2019s presidential race, Marcos did not see his surname or family background hindering his chances of winning the Filipino\u2019s votes.<\/p>\n

Sorry for Marcos<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reacting on Marcos\u2019 statements, Commission of Human Rights former chairperson Loreta Ann Rosales believed that the senator needed to do a reality check.<\/p>\n

Rosales stated that the least that Marcos could do was to assume some accountability over his father\u2019s transgressions instead of boasting achievements.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a senator, he has accountability. I feel sorry for Senator Marcos. I think he needs a reality check,\u201d she said in a different interview also with ANC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he talks about roads, the development in education, literacy rate, etc. Hey, that\u2019s regular routine for a president. A president has all authority, power, and money to do all these things,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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