Joshua Steven C.

Rose

11-ABM

September 16, 2016

Duterte confirms Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani

By CNN Philippines Staff
Updated 07:54 AM PHT Tue, August 9, 2016
President Rodrigo Duterte says former President Ferdinand Marcos, as former president and a soldier, is
qualified to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) President Rodrigo Duterte early Sunday gave the green light to bury
former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Duterte said Marcos, as former president and a soldier, is qualified to be buried at the Libingan ng mga
Bayani.
If some groups oppose this move, the president said protests are welcome.
He is qualified to be buried there. Kung ayaw ng ibang Pilipino, fine," Duterte said. "Mag-demonstrate
kayo, go ahead. You can use the streets.
[Translation: "He is qualified to be buried there. If other Filipinos don't want this, fine. You can
demonstrate, go ahead. You can use the streets."]
The announcement came after reports claimed the Marcos family wants the former leader buried at the
said cemetery on September 18, a week after the latters birthday.
Duterte is willing to allow the Marcos family decide on the date of the burial, saying they can even set the
date of the burial on the former presidents birthday on September 11.
If Bongbong (Marcos) feels that it would be a fitting day to celebrate his birthday in the Libingan ng mga
Bayani, so be it. It is their right, because nag-go signal na ako [because I gave the go signal].
No to Marcos 'hero's' burial
Burying Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is among the campaign promises of Duterte. Several
groups have already opposed this move, including the relatives of martial law victims.
Bantayog, Martial Law Chronicles Project Team, UP Samasa Alumni, Claimants 1081, Akbayan Youth and
Nameless Martyrs and Heroes launched a nonpartisan initiative called Bawa't Bato on June 26 to support
their conviction that the former president does not serve a heros burial. Participants placed at the
Libingans proposed gravesite for the former president stones bearing the names of victims of human
rights abuses during the Marcos regime in a silent protest called Bawat Bato.
Marcos critics oppose a heros burial for him because of the alleged human rights abuses, extra-judicial
killings, and ill-gotten wealth he allegedly accumulated during his dictatorship.
Meanwhile, the Ilibing si Marcos sa Ilocos movement is set to hold a protest on August 14.
The Libingan ng mga Bayani was established in 1947 to pay tribute to Filipino soldiers and fallen heroes,
and to serve as a final resting place for former Philippine presidents, war veterans, notable government
statesmen, dignitaries and national artists.

Joshua Steven C. Rose

11-ABM

September 16, 2016

Paraphase
Former president Ferdinand Marcos will be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani due to the approval of
President Duterte early Sunday. The announcement was made after reports affirmed the Marcos family
wants the former leader buried at the said cemetery on September 18, a week after the latters birthday.
One of the campaign promises of Duterte is burying Marcos at the Libingan ng mga bayani. Several
groups is contrary this move, including the relatives of martial law victims. Marcos critics oppose a heros
burial for him because of the alleged human rights abuses, extra-judicial killings, and ill-gotten wealth he
allegedly accumulated during his dictatorship. The Libingan ng mga Bayani was established in 1947 to
pay tribute to Filipino soldiers and fallen heroes, and to serve as a final resting place for former Philippine
presidents, war veterans, notable government statesmen, dignitaries and national artists. (CNN
Philippines Staff, August 9, 2016, Duterte confirms Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, CNN,
Philippines, http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/08/07/marcos-libingan-ng-mga-bayani-burial.html)

Summary
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) President Rodrigo Duterte early Sunday gave the green light to bury
former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Duterte said Marcos, as former president and a soldier, is qualified to be buried at the Libingan ng mga
Bayani.
If some groups oppose this move, the president said protests are welcome.
The announcement came after reports claimed the Marcos family wants the former leader buried at the
said cemetery on September 18, a week after the latters birthday.
Duterte is willing to allow the Marcos family decide on the date of the burial, saying they can even set the
date of the burial on the former presidents birthday on September 11.
Burying Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is among the campaign promises of Duterte. Several
groups have already opposed this move, including the relatives of martial law victims.
Marcos critics oppose a heros burial for him because of the alleged human rights abuses, extra-judicial
killings, and ill-gotten wealth he allegedly accumulated during his dictatorship.
The Libingan ng mga Bayani was established in 1947 to pay tribute to Filipino soldiers and fallen heroes,
and to serve as a final resting place for former Philippine presidents, war veterans, notable government
statesmen, dignitaries and national artists. (CNN Philippines Staff, August 9, 2016, Duterte confirms
Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, CNN, Philippines,
http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/08/07/marcos-libingan-ng-mga-bayani-burial.html)

Direct Quotation
Bantayog, Martial Law Chronicles Project Team, UP Samasa Alumni, Claimants 1081, Akbayan Youth
and Nameless Martyrs and Heroes launched a non partisan initiative called Bawa't Bato on June 26 to
support their conviction that the former president does not serve a heros burial. Participants placed at
the Libingans proposed gravesite for the former president stones bearing the names of victims of human
rights abuses during the Marcos regime in a silent protest called Bawat Bato. (CNN Philippines Staff,
August 9, 2016, Duterte confirms Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, CNN, Philippines,
http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/08/07/marcos-libingan-ng-mga-bayani-burial.html)

Joshua Steven C. Rose

11-ABM

September 16, 2016

Marcos should be buried at the Libingan

Posted August 12, 2016 at 12:01 am by Fr. Ranhilio Aquino
When a man is gone, human decency dictates that he be remembered for the good he accomplished, and
not for his mistakes. None of us wants to be remembered for his failings, and worse, to be condemned to
oblivion because of our frailties. If that rule is good for us all, then it must be good for Ferdinand Marcos.
On many counts he was an outstanding Filipino: outstanding as a law student, outstanding as a lawyer,
outstanding as a legislator, with a degree of intelligence few Filipinos have matched and can match.
He had the courage to do what was unpopular though needful at the time: declare martial law
something the Constitution of 1935 allowed him to do, the metes and bounds of which, that Constitution
never set.
I refuse to blame him for every single act of abuse of his subordinates, considering that if that were our
mode of reckoning, all our past presidents would be condemnable on account of one or the other wicked
deed of some underling.
The most important reason, however, is that I do not want one version of history to be absolutized and
enshrined as historical dogma. This is the version of those who oppose Marcos, because there is another
version of the story (one which I favor) that maintains that he acted in his best lights, as the law and the
system at that time allowed, and committed the sins and faults to which all of us must in one way or the
other plead guilty!
My real question is this: What exactly is the opposition to his burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani? By what
logic? By what philosophical principle? By what ethical norm? By what legal precept? By what equitable
standard?

Paraphrase
When a man is gone, people will remember him for the good he accomplished and not for his mistakes.
No one wants to be remembered for his failures and worse, to be condemned to oblivion because of our
frailties. If that rule applies to us, then it must be good for Ferdinand Marcos. He was an outstanding
Filipino: outstanding as a law student, outstanding as a lawyer, outstanding as a legislator, with a degree
of intelligence few Filipinos have matched and can match. He had the courage to do what was unpopular
though needful at the time: declare martial law something the Constitution of 1935 allowed him to do,
the metes and bounds of which, that Constitution never set. I do not want to blame him for all the abusive
acts that his subordinates committed considering that if that were our mode of reckoning, all our past
presidents would be condemnable on account of one or the other wicked deed of some underling. The
most important reason is that I do not want a one-sided history. My real question is this: What exactly is
the opposition to his burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani? By what logic? By what philosophical principle?
By what ethical norm? By what legal precept? By what equitable standard? (R. Aquino, August 12, 2016,
Marocs should be buried at the Libingan, Manila Standard, Philippines,
http://thestandard.com.ph/opinion/columns/pens-es-by-fr-ranhilio-aquino/213050/marcos-should-beburied-at-the-libingan.html)

Joshua Steven C. Rose

11-ABM

September 16, 2016

Summary
When a man is gone, human decency dictates that he be remembered for the good he accomplished, and
not for his mistakes. None of us wants to be remembered for his failings, and worse, to be condemned to
oblivion because of our frailties. If that rule is good for us all, then it must be good for Ferdinand Marcos.
On many counts he was an outstanding Filipino: outstanding as a law student, outstanding as a lawyer,
outstanding as a legislator, with a degree of intelligence few Filipinos have matched and can match.
He had the courage to do what was unpopular though needful at the time: declare martial law
something the Constitution of 1935 allowed him to do, the metes and bounds of which, that Constitution
never set.
I refuse to blame him for every single act of abuse of his subordinates.
The most important reason, however, is that I do not want one version of history to be absolutized and
enshrined as historical dogma.
My real question is this: What exactly is the opposition to his burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani? By what
logic? By what philosophical principle? By what ethical norm? By what legal precept? By what equitable
standard? (R. Aquino, August 12, 2016, Marocs should be buried at the Libingan, Manila Standard,
Philippines, http://thestandard.com.ph/opinion/columns/pens-es-by-fr-ranhilio-aquino/213050/marcosshould-be-buried-at-the-libingan.html)

Direct Quotation
My real question is this: What exactly is the opposition to his burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani? By what
logic? By what philosophical principle? By what ethical norm? By what legal precept? By what equitable
standard? (R. Aquino, August 12, 2016, Marocs should be buried at the Libingan, Manila Standard,
Philippines, http://thestandard.com.ph/opinion/columns/pens-es-by-fr-ranhilio-aquino/213050/marcosshould-be-buried-at-the-libingan.html)

Palace: Duterte firm on Marcos burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani

By Aries Joseph Hegina
It seems there is nothing that can change the mind of President Rodrigo Duterte on the late President
Ferdinand E. Marcos military honors and burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that the President remains firm on his stance regarding
the burial of the late strongman at the Libingan despite protests from various sectors and criticisms from
his allies.
Andanar said that Duterte will focus on governance as usual and in his drive against drugs and
criminality.

Joshua Steven C. Rose

11-ABM

September 16, 2016

The Presidents stance, however, remains firm: There is clarity in the regulations governing the late
President Marcos burial. The President shall therefore remain undistracted and it shall be governance as
usual with his full and undivided attention in winning the war against drugs, criminality and corruption,
Andanar said in a statement on Sunday.
Duterte said recently that the law provides that Marcos can be buried at the Libingan as he was a former
soldier.
The law is there, existing. You read it a thousand times and you still arrive at a conclusion that he is
qualified. Even if he is not a hero, he was a soldier, the President said on the sidelines of his meeting
with Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz in Davao City.
On Sunday, protesters gathered at the Luneta Park in Manila to oppose burying Marcos at the heroes
cemetery.
Asked for his reaction on the protest, Andanar said that the Duterte administration allows any protest as it
is grounded on the belief that criticism, good or bad, true or not, is part of the territory of governance in
public.
In a memo dated August 9, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said that the deposed dictator will be
honored as a former soldier and head of state at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Marcos will be buried in the cemeterys presidential section where former Presidents Carlos P. Garcia,
Elpidio Quirino and Diosdado Macapagal were buried.

Paraphrase
President Rodrigo Duterte remains committed to giving a hero's burial to late dictator Ferdinand Marcos
despite allowing critics to hold public demonstrations, Malacaang said Sunday.
Presidential Communications Office Secretary Martin Andanar said the President will not stop mass
actions against the internment of Marcos because "this is consistent with his philosophy that criticism,
good or bad, true or not, is part of the territory of governance in public."
But Andanar said Duterte is unswayed in his belief that Marcos is qualified to be buried at the Libingan ng
mga Bayani.
"The President's stance remains firm: There is clarity in the regulations governing the late President
Marcos burial," he said in a statement.
"The President shall therefore remain undistracted and it shall be governance as usual with his full and
undivided attention in winning the war against drugs, criminality and corruption," the official concluded.
A large crowd of lawmakers, student groups and advocacy groups gathered at the Luneta Park in Manila
Sunday, in a bid to stop the hero's burial for Marcos.
Simultaneous rallies were also held in Cebu, Davao, Baguio and other key cities.
President Duterte himself gave the green light for the burial, saying he is only following the law because
Marcos was a former president and soldier, even if he was not a hero. "The law is there existing. You read
it a thousand times and you still arrive at a conclusion that he is qualified. Even if he is not a hero, he was
a soldier," he said. (A. Hegina, August 14, 2016, Palace: Duterte firm on Marcos burial at the Libingan ng
mga Bayani, Inquirer.net, Philippines, http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/806002/palace-duterte-firm-on-marcosburial-at-libingan-ng-mga-bayani)

Joshua Steven C. Rose

11-ABM

September 16, 2016

Summary
It seems there is nothing that can change the mind of President Rodrigo Duterte on the late President
Ferdinand E. Marcos military honors and burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that the President remains firm on his stance regarding
the burial of the late strongman at the Libingan despite protests from various sectors and criticisms from
his allies.
The Presidents stance, however, remains firm: There is clarity in the regulations governing the late
President Marcos burial. The President shall therefore remain undistracted and it shall be governance as
usual with his full and undivided attention in winning the war against drugs, criminality and corruption,
Andanar said in a statement on Sunday.
The law is there, existing. You read it a thousand times and you still arrive at a conclusion that he is
qualified. Even if he is not a hero, he was a soldier, the President said on the sidelines of his meeting
with Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz in Davao City.
On Sunday, protesters gathered at the Luneta Park in Manila to oppose burying Marcos at the heroes
cemetery.
Asked for his reaction on the protest, Andanar said that the Duterte administration allows any protest as it
is grounded on the belief that criticism, good or bad, true or not, is part of the territory of governance in
public.
Marcos will be buried in the cemeterys presidential section where former Presidents Carlos P. Garcia,
Elpidio Quirino and Diosdado Macapagal were buried. (A. Hegina, August 14, 2016, Palace: Duterte firm
on Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Inquirer.net, Philippines,
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/806002/palace-duterte-firm-on-marcos-burial-at-libingan-ng-mga-bayani)

Direct Quotation
The Presidents stance, however, remains firm: There is clarity in the regulations governing the late
President Marcos burial. The President shall therefore remain undistracted and it shall be governance as
usual with his full and undivided attention in winning the war against drugs, criminality and corruption,
Andanar said in a statement on Sunday. (A. Hegina, August 14, 2016, Palace: Duterte firm on Marcos
burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Inquirer.net, Philippines, http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/806002/palaceduterte-firm-on-marcos-burial-at-libingan-ng-mga-bayani)

Joshua Steven C. Rose

11-ABM

September 16, 2016