STATEMENT OF
CHAIRPERSON LORETTA ANN P. ROSALES
ON PRESIDENT AQUINO’S FINAL DECISION
NOT TO GRANT STATE BURIAL HONORS FOR MARCOS
13 October 2011
THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION PUTS FINAL CLOSURE TO THE TWENTY-YEAR-OLD DEBATE ON BURYING MARCOS AS A HERO OR NOT. HIS DECISION IS ON THE SIDE OF HISTORICAL TRUTH WHICH BENEFITS NOT JUST THE MARTIAL LAW VICTIMS BUT ALSO THE YOUNG GENERATION WHO WILL NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE LIES BRANDISHED BY MARCOS ALLIES TO COVER UP THE PLUNDER AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MARCOS COMMITTED AGAINST THE FILIPINO PEOPLE.
