MANILA, Philippines鈥擜 majority of lawmakers led by Sorsogon Representative Salvador Escudero have signed a resolution appealing to President Benigno Aquino III to give the late ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero鈥檚 burial.
The resolution, which was signed by 190 House members on Monday night, seeks to allow Marcos鈥� burial at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani.
Escudero said more lawmakers out of the 284-member chamber are expected to sign the resolution.
Escudero served as agriculture minister of Marcos and remained a loyalist after his ouster in 1986.
Among the signatories were Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Marcos died in exile at age 72 in September 1989. His remains have been on display at a museum in his hometown in Batac, Ilocos Norte.