{"id":82784,"date":"2016-11-10T01:02:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T06:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=82784"},"modified":"2016-11-10T01:02:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T06:02:11","slug":"cbcp-condemns-heros-burial-marcos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/11\/10\/cbcp-condemns-heros-burial-marcos\/","title":{"rendered":"CBCP condemns hero\u2019s burial for Marcos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA, Philippines\u2014A hero\u2019s burial for dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. won\u2019t bring peace to the country but build a culture of impunity, the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop and CBCP President Socrates Villegas expressed puzzlement, hurt, and grief on the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to allow the burial of Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes\u2019 Cemetery).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very sad. The burial is an insult to the EDSA spirit. It mocks our fight to restore democracy. We are puzzled and hurt and in great grief. It calls on us for greater courage to make the full truth of the dictatorship known,\u201d Villegas said in a statement.<\/p>\n

According to Villegas, a hero\u2019s burial for Marcos would also make him unaccountable for the wrongs he had committed during his 21-year regime and create a \u201cculture of impunity\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who do wrong should be made accountable. First they should admit the wrong they have done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Burying Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani won\u2019t bring peace and unity to the country either, the Archbishop said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeace can only come if there is justice. Justice demands recognition of the harm done to the people and restitution to the victims,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

Villegas also cited Marcos\u2019 deprivation of the basic needs of the people, including human rights, on why he shouldn\u2019t be treated as a hero.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarcos is no hero! He should not be presented as one. During Martial Law he had made many people suffer by arbitrary torture and death,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not forget this! We will not allow that this be forgotten by the future generations in order that the same strong-hand oppression may not happen again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The SC ruled Tuesday to allow the burial of Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Nine out of 15 judges voted to dismiss seven petitions against President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s approval of hero\u2019s burial for Marcos. Five of the fifteen judges voted against the dismissal of the petitions while one abstained from voting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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