Administration ally Senator Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero said on Monday that the late President Ferdinand Marcos should be allowed to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, adding that “now is the time to heal the wounds of the past.”
Escudero put forward his suggestion despite presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda’s statement that President Benigno Aquino has not wavered on his stand not to allow Marcos’ burial at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani during his term since this would be the ‘height of injustice’ to the former strongman’s Martial Law victims.
Lacierda said the issue of Marcos’ burial had never been discussed by the president and his officials.
In 2001, however, Aquino asked Binay to study and review the matter due to a mounting clamor at that time.
Binay had suggested a hero’s state burial with military honors in his hometown in Ilocos, but this was also rejected by the president.
Escudero said, however, that it was his personal belief that it is time to put an end to all open wounds in our history so the nation can move forward faster.
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