Critics have long argued that President Rodrigo Duterte is following the dictator's playbook of the late Ferdinand Marcos. NeverAgain NeverForget
Nearly half a century after the Philippines was placed under military rule, opposition figures challenged Filipinos to keep resisting authoritarian leaders, from the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to the incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte.
The Marcoses also stole billions from Filipino taxpayers, with various estimates pegging the amount between $5 billion and $10 billion. Duterte's administration has also become notorious for alleged abuses under his bloody war on drugs, where official data showed at least 7,884 have been killed in police operations as of August 31, 2020.
"As we commemorate the anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, we do not just recall the atrocities under the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, we also express our continued condemnation of a tyrannical regime that has plundered our nation; we seek justice for the victims of torture, enforced disappearances, and murder at the hands of an ignominious leader."
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