Vie President Jejomar Binay, one of the staunch lawyer during the Marcos dictatorship urged fellow Filipino human rights victims to “move on,” from the controversial issue. He downplayed the human rights violations committed during the martial law regime of Pres. Marcos.
The former mayor Makati City, spoke favorably about the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., whom he has been eyeing to be his running mate during a roundtable discussion aired on TV5.
The aspiring presidential candidate, VP Binay was quoted as saying “It depends on the time you are in. Enough of vindictiveness. Let’s move on. Human rights (during the martial law) is no longer an issue,” Binay said when asked about a possible conflict with picking Marcos as his running mate in the 2016 elections.
Based upon the records of the human rights group, at least 7,000 people were reportedly tortured, 2,000 salvaged, and 1,000 disappeared under the Marcos dictatorship.
VP Binay added further that “The debacle is already a thing of the past. But there are still human rights violations, people up to now, people missing, critics of the government being killed,” Binay said. He also stated that Senator Marcos is different from Pres. Marcos.
Vice President Jejomar Binay was a member of the Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity and Nationalism (Mabini) which actively fought against the Marcos dictatorship.
