His heirs made a stunning political comeback only a few years after the former president's death in Honolulu in 1989. His son and namesake, former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, only narrowly lost the vice-presidential election last year, while his widow Imelda Marcos sits in the House of Representatives. The Marcos rehabilitation continued when on Thursday Duterte declared the late dictator's centennial anniversary on September 11 a public holiday in Ilocos Norte. Duterte has also said he was considering a Marcos family proposal to hand over some of its wealth to the government, later suggesting that they may ask for immunity from prosecution in return. In her speech, Imee Marcos said many Filipinos were "puzzled, bereft and lost by the animosity, the diatribe, the invective and the abuse that we hear" about her father.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 10, 2017 07:43 UTC