{"id":769016,"date":"2016-02-26T20:38:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T12:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=769016"},"modified":"2016-02-26T20:38:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T12:38:45","slug":"bongbong-marcos-let-historians-make-assessment-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/769016\/bongbong-marcos-let-historians-make-assessment-of-the-past","title":{"rendered":"Bongbong Marcos: Let historians make assessment of the past"},"content":{"rendered":"
The assessment of the leadership of the late dictator President Ferdinand Marcos must be left to the historians, according to his son and namesake.<\/p>\n
\u201cIpaubaya natin ang kasaysayan sa mga propesor,\u00a0sa mga nag-aaral tungkol sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas,\u201d Sen. Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr. told reporters in Balungao, Pangasinan, on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cKami hindi namin trabaho yun. Ang trabaho namin ay tingnan kung ano ba ang pangangailangan ng taong bayan ngayon.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Thursday during the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the Edsa people power revolution, President Benigno Aquino III called on the people to reject the vice presidential bid of the younger Marcos.<\/p>\n
The President rejected the idea that the Marcos era was a \u201cgolden age\u201d in the history of the Philippines and slammed the dictator\u2019s son for refusing to apologize for his father.<\/p>\n
At the briefing in Pangasinan, the younger Marcos said he did want to witness another martial law.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, God no. Because if there\u2019s martial law, ibig sabihin we\u2019re in crisis. E ayaw naman nating mapasok ang Pilipinas sa crisis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cKailangan sagutin natin ang taong bayan pagka sinasabi tulungan ninyo kami dito sa mga bagay-bagay na ito, dito sa problemang hinaharap namin\u2014and that is still what we should be doing,\u201d the senator said.<\/p>\n
The younger Marcos is a strong contender for the vice presidency, tying with Sen. Francis\u00a0\u201cChiz\u201d Escudero at the top spot. If he wins, he will be one step away from the top post at Malaca\u00f1ang.\u00a0RC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The assessment of the leadership of the late dictator President Ferdinand Marcos must be left to the historians, according to his son and namesake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":976,"featured_media":761702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,45],"tags":[1299],"byline":[4801],"source":[206075],"column":[],"editor":[168708],"videographer":[],"position":[],"class_list":["post-769016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-stories","category-nation-latest-stories","tag-ferdinand-marcos","byline-frances-mangosing","source-inquirer-net","editor-rissa-m-camongol"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n