Pimentel says Imee’s ‘move on’ comment is out of sequence
Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III. INQUIRER.net file photo / CATHY MIRANDA
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III argued on Saturday that offenders have no right to ask their victims to “move on” from history, saying it is not the “right sequence.”
Pimentel was referring to the comment of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos who asked the public who continue criticizing her family to “move on.”
Imee Marcos is the eldest daughter of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos.
“Ang nagsasabi ng ‘move on’ is yung biktima. Yung mga naka-agrabyado, hindi pwedeng sila yung magsabi na magmove on na kayo, kayong mga naisahan namin, magmove na kayo, hindi ganon,” Pimentel said in an interview with dwIZ.
(The one who should say “move on” is the victim. The offending party has no right to tell their victims to “move on,” that is not the way it goes.)
According to Pimentel, the public should be the first to initiate when to move on from whatever they have experienced under the dictatorship of Marcos.
The late strongman declared martial law in the country from 1972 to 1981 following a number of protest actions against his leadership.
He ruled the country for about 20 years, the longest administration recorded in the history of the Philippines.
“Ang taong bayan ang magsasabi na papatawarin na namin kayo, magmomove on na kami. So, hintayin nila yun, hindi pwedeng sila ang magsabi na mag move on na ang tao,” Pimentel said.
(The people should be the one to initiate forgiveness and the one to decide when to move on. So, they have to wait for that, it’s not for them to say to the people to move on.)
“Ganon ang tamang sequencing, hindi yung naka-agrabyado ang magsabi na magmove on ka na sa kanyang mga nabiktma,” he continued.
(That is the right sequencing, it’s not the offending party that will tell their victims to move on.)
In a news conference on Tuesday, Imee Marcos said that the feud between her family and the Aquinos was an old issue.
She also asked the public to just move on from the dictatorship of his father.
“The millennials have moved on, and I think people at my age should also move on as well,” she said.
“The conflict between the Marcoses and Aquinos happened a long time ago. We don’t need to keep hating people for a very long time. It’s not our way. We just need to go forward,” she said. /jpv
READ: Imee Marcos asks Filipinos criticizing her family: Why don’t you move on?
