PANOORIN: Marcos Jr., ginunita ang kaarawan ng yumaong ama at diktador
MANILA, Philippines — Ginunita ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ang sana’y ika-109 kaarawan ng kanyang yumaong ama, dating pangulo at diktador na si Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
“[H]e loved his fellow Filipinos. And he loved his country to which he devoted his life,” ani Marcos Jr. sa wreath-laying ceremony sa Ilocos Norte ngayong Biyernes, Sept. 11.
Ibinahagi rin ni Marcos Jr. na ang pinakamahalagang aral na nakuha niya mula sa kanyang ama ay dapat para sa bansa at mga mamamayan ang public service, na aniya'y gumabay kay Marcos Sr. sa kanyang buong buhay.
"Because what we do in service of our people is not for ourselves. It is for the country, it is for the people. And you must always remember that there is no sacrifice too great for your people and for your country," ani Marcos Jr.
Sa ilalim ng martial law sa pamumuno ni Marcos Sr., nasa 3,200 katao ang pinatay, 34,000 ang tinortyur, at 70,000 ang ipinakulong, ayon sa Amnesty International.
"The nine-year military rule ordered by then President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972 unleashed a wave of crimes under international law and grave human rights violations, including tens of thousands of people arbitrarily arrested and detained, and thousands of others tortured, forcibly disappeared, and killed," sabi ng naturang human rights group.
Idineklara ni Marcos Sr. ang martial law noong Sept. 21, 1972, at napatalsik noong Feb. 25, 1986 sa pamamagitan ng EDSA People Power.
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