Marcos hero’s burial not consistent with People Power spirit—Robredo

Vice President Leni Robredo. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/ MARIANNE BERMUDEZ

Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo expressed disappointment over the decision of the Supreme Court to allow the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, calling the refusal of the Marcos family to take responsibility for the martial law abuses an “insult” to the Filipinos.

“We are deeply saddened by the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani,” Robredo said in a statement on Tuesday.

READ: SC OKs Marcos burial at Libingan

“We have consistently opposed the burial of the Martial Law dictator in the heroes’ sacred ground. Their family’s refusal to take responsibility for atrocities of the regime is an insult to the Filipino people,” she said.

Robredo has been a vocal critic of Marcos and the atrocities committed during his dictatorship. She earlier said that the dictator is “not a hero” and has “no right” to be buried at the heroes’ cemetery.

The Vice President stressed that issue might pass “the bar of legal technicality” but granting the dictator a burial fit for heroes will “never be consistent with morality and the spirit of the Filipino people power revolution.”

“Our nation’s healing begins with the acknowledgement of the truth and resolution of the past. To bury Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani would keep the wounds of the past unhealed,” she said./rga

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