The President of the Republic of the Philippines, President Benigno S. Aquino III hits Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos anew over non-apology for Martial Law during the launching of the book “The Aquino Legacy: An Enduring Narrative” at Raffles Hotel in Makati City on Thursday.
Pres. Aquino stated that “When you cannot admit a mistake, are you not guaranteeing the repetition of that mistake?” he said.
The outgoing President of the Philippines added further that “There’s a particular candidate for next year’s elections, who says repeatedly that he is ready and willing to say sorry, if only he knew what there is to apologize for… Perhaps this book can help to enlighten him and add to his knowledge of our past” he said.
The son of the late democracy icon, former Pres. Cory Aquino was obviously alluding to Vice Presidential aspirant Sen. Bongbong Marcos, the namesake of the late dictator who enforced Martial Law in the Philippines, which was dubbed by many historians as dark period of Philippine democracy but for Marcos loyalists the golden era of the country.
During previous interviews with Pres. Aquino,he noted that the dictator’s children should apologize for the crimes of atrocities and transgressions committed during the regime of their father but Sen. Marcos maintained that he has nothing to apologize and just noted that “What am I to say sorry about?” Marcos said in a television interview.
