Aquino’s revenge comment understandable—Palace

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda. INQUIRER FILE PHOTOS

MANILA, Philippines – Any person who had a relative murdered would probably feel the same, Malacañang on Tuesday said of President Benigno Aquino III’s comment that he wanted to seek revenge against former President Ferdinand Marcos.

“I think you cannot take it away from the President as an ordinary human being…for his father to be brutally murdered. I think kung mangyari ito (if it happens) to anyone of us, we will experience that rage,” presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda told Palace reporters.

Aquino on Sunday, during a speech in Boston, admitted that after his father was assassinated upon his return to Manila, he had wanted Marcos to also suffer, like how their family suffered under his administration.

“What makes it more painful for him is the fact that he was thousands of miles away,” Lacierda explained.

Aquino was living in exile in Boston, along with the rest of their family when the former senator flew back to the Philippines.

Nevertheless, Lacierda said the President never talked to them about it and doesn’t seem to be interested anymore in revenge or finding the real mastermind.

“The President recognizes that this is really a personal burden that the family would have to carry. But his number one priority is to govern the country and to ensure that he improves the lives of Filipinos,” he said.

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