Marcos unfit for hero’s burial – historical groupMANILA: Philippine activists and a historical body on Monday criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to give late dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial, saying the ex-leader lied about his military record. But his family has insisted on a hero’s burial even though previous presidents refused this. Former lawmaker Satur Ocampo, tortured and imprisoned during martial law, said a hero’s burial for Marcos would not bring national closure as Duterte promised. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines released a study over the weekend questioning Duterte’s stand that Marcos was qualified for a hero’s burial because he was a soldier during World War II. “We call on President Duterte not to give a platform for the Marcoses to whitewash the crimes they committed.

Source: Manila Times August 08, 2016 08:37 UTC