{"id":842226,"date":"2016-11-08T16:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T08:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=842226"},"modified":"2016-11-08T18:01:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T10:01:25","slug":"pimentel-father-insist-sc-ruling-does-not-make-marcos-a-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/842226\/pimentel-father-insist-sc-ruling-does-not-make-marcos-a-hero","title":{"rendered":"Pimentel, father insist: SC ruling does not make Marcos a hero"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III. KRISTINE SABILLO\/黑料社 FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

Senate President Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III insisted on Tuesday that former President Ferdinand Marcos is not a hero and should not be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.<\/p>\n\n

And Pimentel said he would talk to President Rodrigo Duterte to express his opinion and probably convince him against burying him at the heroes\u2019 cemetery.<\/p>\n\n

The Senate leader is president of Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), which is now chaired by Duterte.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cSabihin ko lang siguro sa kanya yung personal opinion ko na (I would tell him my personal opinion that) he\u2019s (Marcos) not a hero, former President Marcos is not a hero, hence, let\u2019s rethink the propriety of burying somebody in a place called Libingan ng mga Bayani,\u201d Pimentel said in an interview with Senate reporters.<\/p>\n\n

He said the legal battle at the Supreme Court might be over but \u201cno court case will make somebody a hero in the hearts and mind of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

READ: SC OKs Marcos burial at Libingan<\/a><\/h4>\n\n

\u201cHindi po nadadaan sa legal arguments yan (This could not be settled through legal arguments),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

The Senate leader said he would bring up the issue with Duterte when they meet.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI can bring this up and say that the legal battle is over. It\u2019s back to political, in the political arena, hence, he\u2019s the number one political figure in the country and the power actually belongs to him to decide to pursue or to abandon the plan,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cPwede pang i- discuss ulit (It could be discussed again), just like the Climate Change Agreement,\u201d he said, referring to the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n\n

Duterte earlier said that he would not honor the agreement but later changed his mind, saying he would uphold it.<\/p>\n\n

Pimentel\u2019s father, former Senator Aquilino \u201cNene\u201d Pimentel Jr., shared the same sentiments.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cOff the cuff, the decision, at the very least, defies decency and spits on the graves\u00a0of the heroes\u2014sung and unsung\u2014who are buried there,\u201d the former senator said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cBut, let it be. For the moment anyway,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

The former senator echoed his son\u2019s statement that Marcos’s burial at the heroes\u2019 cemetery does not make the late strongman a hero.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt does (not) erase the brutality of his regime or its rapacity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI guess the hypocrisy that lurks behind the facade of the ‘national interest’ argument justifying the burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani will sooner than later rear its ugly head for all the people to see its fakery,\u201d the former senator added. RAM\/rga<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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