Hundreds protest hero's burial for Marcos
MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of Filipinos have rallied in stormy weather against President Rodrigo Duterte's approval of dictator Ferdinand Marcos' burial in a heroes' cemetery.
A left-wing group is also planning to ask the Supreme Court to stop what it calls "grave injustice" to thousands of human rights victims.
Police say about 1,500 protesters carrying a large streamer that read "Marcos not a hero" braved the rains and wind at Rizal Park, Manila to call on Duterte to reconsider his decision. They will launch a signature campaign to try to stop the burial, tentatively set for next month.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who joined the protest, says she has filed a Senate resolution opposing a hero's burial for Marcos, who was overthrown in 1986 and died in U.S. exile three years later.
LOOK: Scenes from the Citizens' Assembly Against Marcos' Burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani | via Epi Fabonan pic.twitter.com/qpN8my28Q9
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