Late dictator’s birth anniversary remembered - BusinessWorld Online

Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. on Sunday led the commemoration of the 105th birth anniversary of his late father. READ:

FORMER PRESIDENT FERDINAND E. MARCOS — BW FILE PHOTOthMr. Marcos, his mother Imelda and other family members attended a Catholic ceremony at a national cemetery for heroes, where the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos is buried.

Civic groups and victims of the dictator’s martial law regime hit the move, saying it “spits at the graves of thousands who died in the course of fighting for human rights during the Marcos dictatorship.” “Why will the nation celebrate the birthday of a dictator who has wronged the nation on so many fronts, and who ran away to escape the wrath of the people?”

Proclamation 1081, which was dated two days earlier, abolished Congress and allowed him to consolidate power by extending his tenure beyond the two presidential terms allowed by the 1935 Constitution.

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Marcos marks father's 105th birth anniversaryPRESIDENT Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. on Sunday led the celebration of a Mass commemorating the 105th birth anniversary of his father Ferdinand Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City.
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