SocSci unit releases position paper on Marcos burial.
Marcos’ remains are buried below a glass case containing the wax replica of the former President at a mausoleum in Batac, Ilocos Norte. President Rodrigo on Duterte on Sunday said he had given the go-signal for Marcos’ hero’s burial in September, fulfilling his campaign promise of putting an end to the issue that had divided the country.Ferdinand E. Marcos was the longest reigning Philippine president in history. His rule spanned 20 years, beginning in 1965 up to his downfall in 1983. He was the first and only president re-elected so far (first in 1969 and second in 1981).The burial of Ferdinand Marcos, particularly at the Heroes' Cemetery has been a controversial issue as critics particularly victims of human rights violations during the Martial Law and participants of the People Power Revolution opposing attempts to bury Marcos, who they deem as unfit to be buried at the particular cemetery due to his policies which were deem dictatorial.
Marcos' remains were kept at a mansion in Batac, Ilocos Norte Province, in an air conditioned room. They were later moved to the Marco's family mausoleum located in the village cemetery in Batac while former First Lady Imelda Marcos looks for a suitable burial place. Ferdinand Marcos' body lies in a glass viewing case inside a refrigerated crypt.The dictator Ferdinand Marcos was hounded out of the Philippines by the People Power Revolution of 1986. He fled to Hawaii, where he died and was interred in an Oahu mausoleum until 1993. That.
OPINION: Marcos burial lacked military grandeur, complains renegade loyalist. Alan Robles. Posted at Nov 21 2016 07:52 PM. Last week’s quick and secretive burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes’ Cemetery was a “bangkay blitz” that lacked “military grandeur,” a loyalist military renegade denounced.
