Ferdinand Marcos – The Unburied Dictator
Former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos was driven out of the country in 1986 EDSA Revolution. He was already weakened and in fragile state due to Lupus when he left for exile in Hawaii. After 3 years of exile, the once fierce dictator succumbs to the Lupus complications in 1989. His wife Imelda Marcos was determined to have him buried in his homeland the Philippines. She kept Ferdinand Marcos’ body preserved until the day comes when they can finally return to their country. Many urban legends buzzed about that Imelda sleeps with the corpse whenever she had a chance.
While there’s no problem getting the Deposed Dictator buried, the Marcos family insisted that he be buried in “Libingan ng mga bayani” or “National Heroes Cemetery”. Majority opposed to the idea of having a ruthless dictator be buried alongside with national heroes. Imelda Marcos is reportedly in the talks with the Arroyo administration (known to be corrupt) to have the dictator buried there.
Should the Imelda Marcos succeeds in having her husband buried. It still doesn’t change the fact that her husband is a cruel, corrupt and ruthless dictator. It shouldn’t be a surprise if his headstone will be subjected to vandalization and what not.
Source:
http://lisawallerrogers.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/ferdinand-marcos-restless-corpse/
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March 6th, 2010 at 12:58 am
Please kindly po sir or madam buried Mr. Marcos in the National Cemetary now please please.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Please sir or madam please bring back Bangued Abra to be Region 1 again please now:
May 19th, 2010 at 9:41 am
he is a wicked guy and should never be buried with our heroes that fought for the republc of the philippines
August 15th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
he was deserved also do be buried with heroes!!
September 11th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
I think Marcos was innocent. Marcos was framed up . Please Ninoy Aquino, let Marcos be buried in National heroes cemetery , I always believe that He was being framed and also, I can feel that Marcos was framed up by a group of Chinese who envied him for being good to Filipinos and he build school , hospital to educate all Filipinos. I think Marcos was really a good person. I got a ghost bumped and my instinct is telling me that Marcos was framed up by a group of Chinese business people. All the killings it was not Marcos idea. They paid bribes to framed up Marcos and killed Ninoy Aquino. Marcos and Aquino made them fight and hated each other by indirect and direct conspiracy. Marcos is a Virgo Man, he’s a very dedicated man and loved to serve people. Please Ninoy Aquino, allowed Marcos to be buried at National heroes cemetery. Marcos and Aquino were both INNOCENT AND they ‘re both VICTIMS OF CONSPIRACY! President Aquino, let the Marcos be buried in the National Heroes Cemetery and all Philippine people must reunited and must pull our head together. Thank You.
September 14th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
wake up guys. He destroyed our country including our fellow brothers and sisters for the sake of his beloved husband who only loves her shoes and wealth, why should he be buried in the cemetery of heroes?
December 20th, 2010 at 4:24 am
TO ALL OF YOU WHO HATE AND DOESNT LIKE THE MARCOSES, PLEASE READ AGAIN AND WHAT EMILIO AGUINALDO (THE INFAMOUS GENERAL IN P5.00 BILL) YES, THATS THE ONE I AM REFERRING TO… READ AND KNOW WHAT HE DID TO GEN. ANTONIO LUNA AND ANDRES BONIFACIO..tsk..tsk… the truth will set you free.. brain washed tayo ng mga whites!!! heheh
January 28th, 2011 at 10:10 am
I feel disgust for the new age filipino commentators who posted their bullshits (as if they know a lot of what really happened during the reign of Marcos). Looking at the present state of the Philippines, these imbecile race now keeps saying we need to implement our laws etc. we need a good leader who has dreams for our country and not for their pockets etc… but if ever their leader does, they call him a dictator.
Do these pig race believe that Marcos destroyed their country? even after so many long years it’s all his fault? this is so funny as for all I can tell the present government is the system created by the Cojuanco families. those who got richer and have their relatives and friends enter the ranks in government which is why we have a worst case of nepotism, corruption and even senseless rallies. The promise to fix the previous regime is just a big lie in order to achieve wealth and power. For me, those who gained the most for an incident is highly the suspect rather than those who’d gain nothing from it.
What a waste of a leader, all his dreams for his fellow men were a waste of his time. Even his big projects for the philippines to be the major power in asia in terms of cleaner transportation (LRT Systems), cleaner and unlimited power (Nuclear Power Plant) and more were destroyed by this crazy race. Rallying all day, spreading chaos and violence which are obviously caused by Ninoy who was a known NPA supporter and rebel. so sad how these useless race forgot the good things he has done and blames him for a crime just for hearsay made by the corrupt media men aligned against Marcos. tsk
February 23rd, 2011 at 2:02 pm
WTF? yes he WAS a very good president at his first term. During this time, Marcos was very active in the initiation of public works projects and the intensification of tax collections. Because of this our economy had risen. BUT, during his second term, his true image came out. He was accused of being corrupt. WHY? It was very obvious that the rich people, especially the Marcos cronies, became richer. What about the poor? Did they become richer? NO!!!. They became even poorer. This resulted to the increase of the crime rate. Which also resulted to the loss of our ompetitive edge in Southeast Asia. But he wasn´t contented with the second term. He wanted to run for the third time. How will he achieve this? A year before the elections, he declared martial law. dissolved the Philippine Congress and shut down media establishments critical of the Marcos government. Marcos also ordered the immediate arrest of his political opponents and critics. Among those arrested were Senate President Jovito Salonga, Senator Jose Diokno, and Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., the staunchest of his critics and the man who was groomed by the opposition to beat Marcos in the 1973 elections. Marcos would also abolish the Philippines’ 1935 constitution and replace it with a parliamentary-style government (the Batasang Pambansa) along with a new constitution written by him. With practically all of his political opponents arrested and in exile, Marcos’ pre-emptive declaration of martial law in 1972, and the ratification of his new constitution through political coercion, enabled him to effectively legitimize his government and hold on to power for another 14 years beyond his first two terms as president. See? HOW the F*** could he be a hero? WHY the f*** will he be buried with the heroes who fought for our freedom?
He also ordered many stores, hotels, schools, universities, and other public places to place his Presidential picture prominently or otherwise their facilities were shut down.
One of the comments here tells about the framing of Marcos by the Chinese but how the f*** can u explain this?
When the supporters of Aquino became more and he knew he might be dethroned, he ordered him to be assassinated.
Again, HOW the F*** could he be a hero? WHY the f*** will he be buried with the heroes who fought for our freedom?
PLEASE WAKE UP!!! YES HE HAS DONE GOOD THINGS FOR OUR COUNTRY BUT HE HAS DONE EVEN MORE BAD THINGS. I JUST DONT KNOW WHY SOME ******* PEOPLE EVEN LIKE HIM TO BE BURIED IN THE LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI. JUST F****** WAKE UP TO THE REALITY.
February 26th, 2011 at 8:27 am
It just bothers me that until now we still argue whether Marcos was corrupt or not. To those who are Pro-Marcos and always say that he did good things like these projects he put up for our country I will have to say–Yes, we are thankful for those but it seems like we owe this projects to him. It was his job to make those–it was not from his own pocket–it was from the people’s money so why do we have to feel as if we owe him? This culture is still present and I’m sick of seeing politician’s putting up their names on every project they make– “Through the efforts of _________.”
To those who have benefited from Marcos (specially from those places where they both came) they would always praise him for all the things he’s done to them. Of course! they would! It’s a like kid who robs and kills and yet when he gets caught his mother would always say–”Oh my boy would never do that… he’s a good boy…”
I’ve comments like–”He was a good man because he was my dad’s friend and he was very good to us..” or “my father fought together with him during the world war II..” or “he was so good to us because when my son got sick he gave us money..”– any drug dealer, killer, rapist, robber, etc. could do that!!!
Some would say, “Get two-sides of the story.” I would agree entirely. Marcos had two sides of him just like the rest of us. We should praise him to the good things he’s done but at the same time we should also not deny that he also did a lot of evil things and these things should be known. Regardless of all the good things that he has made the evil things that he did somehow overshadowed everything and has metastasized like a growing disease. And no matter how you try to do good things he could no longer find any cure.
Some would also say–”Oh it was not Marcos it was Imelda who’s bad.” He’s the husband, the father, the lawyer, the president— I think he knows what’s happening and don’t you think he’s not in control? And same goes to making reasons like he was framed up or for any reasons at all. I think he was wise enough to know what’s happening and what he should do. He was such a wise man and I think he was capable of doing anything he wants. All that a dictator has to do is to— DICTATE! simple… and he can get things done.
He was like Hitler not that he was totally. Germany never believed that Holocaust ever happened and even until now there are groups who are trying to say that it never happened. While the rest of Germany was celebrating with Hitler’s accomplishments they didn’t know that he was also killing Jews mercilessly. For them he was their HERO just like some of us think that Marcos should be buried in the Heroe’s Cemetery.
To those who suffered during Marcos’ Regime making him a hero would be a such a big insult and if we do make such a risky move then this would make another nationwide or even worldwide attention. I hope that we should not stir things up again so we could move on. Our road to freedom and redemption is just taking so long. I hope we get there soon. I’m even glad the corrupt officials are being exposed right now. We should have a political overhaul.
I’m not Pro-Aquino as well but somehow I can’t help wondering what could have happened if Marcos stayed in power? If Mrs. Corazon chickened out and didn’t run for president I wonder what could have happened? She was not the best but at least she tried. I was kind of hoping that she would stop wearing yellow dresses but sad to say even until the time of her death she brings that color with her signifying that the fight for corruption is this country is still far from over.
I hope that we should be moving forward. I hope we don’t need another EDSA Revolution anymore. I also hope we get the whole truth about the Marcoses if ever that does happen. As long as we’re still breathing then I guess we still have hope.
March 20th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
@Truth Commission:
the comments you read are not bullshits. That is their opinion. Now if you don’t agree with their view then its your problem. You don’t have the right to criticize them just because their opinion sucked. Saying that we are an imbecile race, doesn’t mean you’re not (get my drift?)
I’m not sure if your brain’s all fried up or what and I’m not saying that you know less about what really happened but you have no idea how harsh he was when he was in power.
One more thing, halata namang pilipino ka bakit ganyan nalang ang turing mo sa amin?
May 5th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
YEAH! I THINK HE WAS FRAMED UP BY U.S. FILIPINOS ARE REALLY BRAINWASHED! WHAT A SHAME
June 12th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
He should be buried near Osama bin laden
July 25th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
we don’t really know the exact story and what were he thinking during those times,,,,…. so let’s just not judge…..let the Lord God judge him… tnx…
August 13th, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Cremate him and send his dishonorable ashes out to sea. Marcos was an evil dictator. He made off with BILLION$ of our U.S. dollars that were meant to help the people of the Philippines. The only memory of his life should be his sinister and evil life as an example of what we do not want in the world.
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:07 am
Since Marcos was gone pinas has gone from Bad to fucking unbearable? The only country left in Asia whose people are not prospering, whose college grads cannot get good jobs. Every president since Marcos did nothing….corruption was and is rampant…the people are not spoken for. Marcos at least stood for something and he cared about the people. Brainwashed in an understatement.
mtm. Not an Illocano, but sure wish I was after reading all the garbage comments here
November 4th, 2011 at 11:30 am
Ferdie was a president and should be buried as a president. He has delivered, implemented excellent and superior planning to improve the condition of our country, our people and the environment. From underdevolop to developing country during his time takes time and he has done it. His vision for the country and our neighbouring countries was slowly taking shape and you can see those infrastructures and innovations that we admired today. Im sure he has plans for the country for the next 20-50 years that needs to progress,
For the love of God and peace its a small ask to bury him peacefully.
March 10th, 2012 at 9:21 am
I guess everybody still talking about things which long time gone..we all learned about it and let’s just say move on and be a part of creating a new government w/ true democratic form..w/o paying the voters to vote freely,no forced kindness,and be keen to observe the truth about history where we came from and how does true heroes defended the country w/o any expected profit..In my opinion Ferdinand Marcos was a great man and once a PRESIDENT of the Philippines deserves to be buried in the National Heroes cemetery same like the other Presidents and all future Presidents do. They are part of the history and let us say to be EQUAL to majority of people who called him hero. Remember! since his exile never we put up a president who cares more but their pockets and their names.Many from those who opposed him once said we are victorious promised changes and freedom but where are they?JUST WORDS-WITHOUT EQUAL ACTIONS..aLL I CAN SAY”BE KEEN TO OBSERVE THE TRUTH AND START READING HISTORY”..one great observation i have is”Filipinos are easy to deceive and manapulate because of their being emotional and trustfulness.
April 28th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Mga ungas lang ang mag lilibing kay marcos sa libingan ng mga bayani. Pag nilibing si marcos kasama ng mga tunay na bayani sa paniniwalang naging mabutinsyang pinunondahil sa mga naidulot nyang kabutihan noong pag-didikta nya, para mo naring sinabi na karapat dapat din nating tangkilikin ang mga pinuno natin na ubod ng garapal sa pankukurakot. Lahat ng tao ay may kabutihan at kasamaan subalit kadalasan, ang kasamaan ang nangingibabaw sa dalawa. Uulitin ko, para sa mga taong may kokote na parang talong, dapat ba natin ilibing ang mga criminal (eg. Mga nasa kulangan at wala) sa libingan ng mga bayani dahil sa isang punto ng buhay nila ay may mga nagawa silang kabutihan. Kung sagot mo ay oo, dapat tangalan ka ng karapatan para bumoto at makasama sa proseso sa pagunlad ng ating bansa. Ang pagiisip ng gaya ng utak mo ang syang dahilan kung bakit hindi tayo makaahon sa kumunoy na nilatag ng ating gobyerno.
May 18th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
who wrote that article.. he is one of the best preseident he made our country rich and good… HOw dare you to say that!!!!!! becuase of him Philippine is well known all over the world!! watch this and read the description below the links!! dont judge coz ur not a reader to judge a book your just a creature that is also judge!! bakit naging mayaman ba at maganda ang pilipinas kung wala cya at si magsaysay? huh kapal nyu namn u just see the bad side not the gud things he did!! he regime is the golden age of this country!!! huwag kayong manila sa lahat ng sinasabi ng iba at media!! and i have also my research hindi lng sa internet kung hind sa iba pang bagay just click all this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWjhY1TsDCc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWjhY1TsDCc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9jfRcXeQc4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2vr2Ehf9Tw&feature=fvwrel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUbYuRxdavc&feature=related
June 6th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
FM was still alive.
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