ON SEPT. 23, the 43rd anniversary of the declaration
of martial law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos, Filipinos were
stunned to read on the front page of their newspapers, flaunting the picture of
the leading functionaries of the martial law regime assembled on a stage, that
Sen. Bongbong Marcos, the dictator's son, was running for the vice presidency
in the 2016 elections.
of martial law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos, Filipinos were
stunned to read on the front page of their newspapers, flaunting the picture of
the leading functionaries of the martial law regime assembled on a stage, that
Sen. Bongbong Marcos, the dictator's son, was running for the vice presidency
in the 2016 elections.
The picture showed former first lady Imelda Marcos and
former Defence Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile, the martial law administrator,
gloating and unrepentant for their roles in that darkest hour of Philippine
democracy.
former Defence Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile, the martial law administrator,
gloating and unrepentant for their roles in that darkest hour of Philippine
democracy.
It was a wrong time for the Marcos heirs to reappear
in the spotlight, and for Bongbong Marcos to proclaim his vice presidential
bid. Their return to the front page was a cynical display of their attempt to
revise the history of martial law, rehabilitate their image and blot the stigma
of martial rule on the Marcos regime.
in the spotlight, and for Bongbong Marcos to proclaim his vice presidential
bid. Their return to the front page was a cynical display of their attempt to
revise the history of martial law, rehabilitate their image and blot the stigma
of martial rule on the Marcos regime.
To most Filipinos who suffered the rigours of the
dictatorship for 14 years, the imposition of martial law was a day of infamy,
not an event to remember with triumphalist commemoration by the Marcos family
and their cohorts.
dictatorship for 14 years, the imposition of martial law was a day of infamy,
not an event to remember with triumphalist commemoration by the Marcos family
and their cohorts.
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