“A bill of local application, when it comes to the Senate, usually is not really debated upon … It is for Ilocos Norte. I doubt if there will be objections to that,” Sotto said. | krixiasINQ LeilasINQ
“As far as Ilocos Norte is concerned, President Marcos was the past president. He has done a lot for Ilocos Norte,” Sotto said.
“The bill seeks to deodorize the image of a murderer, a plunderer, and a criminal. It is a grave disgrace to the memory of martial law victims and survivors, who have been violated many times over by the Marcos dictatorship,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay added in a statement. “Amid the widespread hunger, unemployment and death, and a public health system on the verge of collapse, the measure is inessential to the country’s present challenges and a total waste of taxpayers’ money. Only the Marcoses will benefit from this madness,” she said.
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