{"id":82984,"date":"2016-11-19T07:03:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T12:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=82984"},"modified":"2016-11-19T07:03:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T12:03:52","slug":"vp-robredo-disappointed-surprise-marcos-burial-lnmb-says-hes-no-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/11\/19\/vp-robredo-disappointed-surprise-marcos-burial-lnmb-says-hes-no-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Robredo disappointed over &#8216;surprise&#8217; Marcos burial at LNMB, says &#8216;he&#8217;s no hero&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_82985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82985\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Leni-Robredo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82985\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Leni-Robredo.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cThis is nothing new to the Marcoses \u2013 they who had hidden wealth, hidden human rights abuses, and now, a hidden burial \u2013 with complete disrespect for the rule of law,\u201d Vice President Leni Robredo said. (Photo: Leni Robredo\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Leni-Robredo.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Leni-Robredo-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Leni-Robredo-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThis is nothing new to the Marcoses \u2013 they who had hidden wealth, hidden human rights abuses, and now, a hidden burial \u2013 with complete disrespect for the rule of law,\u201d Vice President Leni Robredo said. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeniRobredoPH\" target=\"_blank\">Leni Robredo\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014Stressing that former President Ferdinand Marcos is not a hero, Vice President Leni Robredo expressed disappointment over the surprise burial of the former dictator at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) on Friday noon.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Robredo called the former President a \u201cthief, murderer and dictator\u201d who does not deserve a place in the heroes\u2019 cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike a thief in the night, the Marcos family deliberately hid the information of burying former President Marcos today from the Filipino people,\u201d Robredo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey obviously flouted the law where the decision does not become final and executory until 15 days or the resolution of the (motion for reconsideration),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed the burial of Marcos at the heroes\u2019 cemetery in Taguig City an hour before the ceremony, which was slated for 12 noon as part of military tradition.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President also found it disturbing that the Marcos family had secret coordination with the AFP and the PNP for the logistical arrangement and deployment of personnel for the burial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are disturbed that this happened in coordination with AFP and PNP demonstrating further that the judicial process has been thoroughly disregarded,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is nothing new to the Marcoses \u2013 they who had hidden wealth, hidden human rights abuses, and now, a hidden burial \u2013 with complete disrespect for the rule of law,\u201d Robredo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, we strongly condemn the burial of the former dictator in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. As stated in several decisions from the Supreme Court, Ferdinand Marcos was a thief, a murderer and a dictator,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Stressing that former President Ferdinand Marcos is not a hero, Vice President Leni Robredo expressed disappointment over the surprise burial &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":82985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[10659,12662,10348,11203,3195],"class_list":["post-82984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-ferdinand-marcos","tag-heroes-burial","tag-leni-robredo","tag-libingan-ng-mga-bayani","tag-martial-law","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82984","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}