Apo Marcos : Facts And Myths

[Otepss]

Hahahahahaha

[will robie]

 

The intense political rivalry between President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos and Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. is a colorful chapter in 20th century Philippine history.

Their rivalry began in 1967 when Aquino was elected senator under the Liberal Party (LP).

“Aquino III squandered whatever political goodwill his parents were able to generate. His administration was marked with vindictiveness, rampant incompetence and widespread corruption.

The young senator opposed practically anything associated with Marcos, such as the planned invasion of Sabah and the construction of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Aquino also campaigned, albeit unsuccessfully, against the reelection of Marcos in 1969.

By 1971, Aquino had his eyes on the presidency.

Aquino’s presidential plans, however, were aborted in September 1972 when Marcos placed the entire country under martial law. This led to Aquino’s detention at Fort Bonifacio.

In 1977, Aquino was sentenced to death by musketry after a military tribunal found him guilty of attempting to overthrow the government. As commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Marcos held the death sentence in abeyance.

Aquino led an opposition party against Marcos allies in the 1978 Interim Batasang Pambansa elections. Although Aquino was allowed to speak on live television, where he lambasted Marcos, his entire ticket was defeated.

In 1980, after seven years in detention at Fort Bonifacio, Marcos allowed Aquino to go to Texas, USA for a triple heart bypass surgery. After recovering, Aquino remained in the USA for three years, delivering speeches against the Marcos administration.

The climax in the Marcos-Aquino political rivalry came in August 1983 when Aquino, arriving from abroad, was assassinated at the airport that now bears his name. Anti-Marcos elements blamed Marcos for the assassination, an accusation Marcos denied. Despite two Aquino administrations (1986-1992; 2010-2016), there is no conclusive evidence as to who was the mastermind.

When Aquino’s widow, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, seized power in February 1986, her propagandists heralded that everything associated with Marcos was evil. Her administration was characterized by vindictiveness against everyone identified with Marcos.

Mrs. Aquino’s government faced numerous coup attempts. The economy was in bad shape.

Many Aquino relatives exploited their power and influence. Church leaders openly meddled in state affairs. Protesting farmers were massacred at Mendiola. American military bases were booted out of the country without any substitute measure in place. The abolition of the Department of Energy and the permanent closure of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant made the Philippines the power outage capital of the world.

After leaving office, Mrs. Aquino was able to keep the anti-Marcos sentiment alive in areas outside of Northern Luzon and the Bicol region, mainly because the true extent of her mismanagement was kept from the public. The secret was kept long enough until 2007 when Mrs. Aquino’s only son, Benigno Aquino III, was elected to the Senate.

By 2010, when information critical of the Aquino regime became more available to the public, the anti-Marcos sentiment sowed by Mrs. Aquino had waned enough to get Ferdinand Marcos Jr. elected to the Senate.

Landing at seventh place among 12 winners, Marcos Jr.’s victory was the start of the end of the anti-Marcos sentiment nurtured by Mrs. Aquino.

Despite the waning of the anti-Marcos sentiment, the death of Mrs. Aquino in August 2009 produced enough sympathy votes to install Benigno Aquino III to the presidency in 2010.

Still, the fact that there was a Marcos in high public office under an Aquino presidency negates the theory that Marcos is a genuine hate object for Filipinos.

Aquino III squandered whatever political goodwill his parents were able to generate. His administration was marked with vindictiveness, rampant incompetence and widespread corruption.

In 2016, Marcos Jr. almost won the vice presidency, losing by about a hundred thousand votes. That same year, the new president, Rodrigo Duterte, allowed the burial of Marcos Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, a decision even the Supreme Court refused to review.

May 2019 was the turning point in the Marcos-Aquino rivalry. All senatorial candidates associated with Benigno Aquino III’s LP were soundly defeated. His own first cousin, Bam Aquino, lost his reelection bid.

In contrast, Imee Marcos, the daughter of President Marcos, placed eighth among the 12 victors, despite all the derogatory propaganda hurled against her by anti-Marcos elements.

There is also the possibility that Marcos Jr. will win his vice-presidential electoral protest any time soon.

All told, the May 2019 elections indicate that the people have spoken, and they said they do not want the Aquinos.

By Victor Avecilla - June 4, 2019

Source: The column of Victor Avecilla in "The Tribune"

[will robie]

Marcos was hated by most of the elites and upper middle class in the mid-80s. In spite of that hate, Marcos won over that dumbass Aquino in a snap election. The despicable yellowtards tried to knock the Marcos name out but thirty odd years later, it's still standing and shining proudly.

[will robie]

 

 

Source: GMA News

 

Where are the yellow trolls when the Marcoses need to be disparaged?

[will robie]

 

 

[*kalel*]

https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/ninoy-not-a-hero-not-even-officially/ar-AAG4BNO?li=BBr8Mkn

[will robie]

Senator Imee Marcos is supporting the death penalty for corruption. Yung mga troll titira dito na naconvict si Imelda Marcos sa corruption pero pangungunahan ko na hindi pa final ang decision ng court.

[rozrugaz]

Amen

[juan t]

Let me just put this here: Imelda Marcos endorsing Mayor Sanchez for clemency.

[camiar]

^^^Ano namang kinalaman ni Imelda dito at kelangan mo pang mag photoshop ng fake letter?

[will robie]

Let me just put this here: Imelda Marcos endorsing Mayor Sanchez for clemency.

The Imeldific was requesting for executive clemency for Sanchez and asked the president to consider the GCTA for the granting of executive clemency. Mrs. Marcos did not do the heinous crime of rape and murder. She is just requesting for executive clemency in behalf of Sanchez. That does not make her an evil person. GMA granted executive clemency to a convicted plunderer. That does not make GMA an evil person. GMA executed it. Imelda merely requested for it. It is not a crime to request for executive clemency just as it is not a crime to grant executive clemency. Granting executive clemency is within the powers vested upon a president.

 

Moreover, Marcos granted executive clemency to convicted felon, BS Aquino II. Does that make President Marcos an evil person?

Edited September 4, 2019 by will robie

[tk421]

Kawawa naman walang bumabati, eh.

 

 

http://everydayhistory.ph/daily-history/2019/09/11/birth-of-dictator-ferdinand-marcos-september-11-1917/

[camiar]

Thanks for the reminder. Glad to see you eventually seeing the light.

[tk421]

Yeah. Everybody should not forget that a dictator and kleptocrat was unleashed upon the world on 9/11.

[will robie]

Yeah. Everybody should not forget that a dictator and kleptocrat was unleashed upon the world on 9/11.

Marcos being a dictator and kleptocrat is an opinion, a warped opinion.

[tk421]

Naah... Philippine Star didn't seem to present it as an opinion piece. It's actually presented as historical fact seeing that it's in the "Everyday in History" section.

 

So your thinking that it is just an opinion is just that: an opinion.

[camiar]

You can believe any warped opinion you want. You can even believe that PhilStar's editorial is historical fact. But it still doesn't solve your problem.

[tk421]

Kanino dapat maniniwala? Sa inyo o sa Philippine Star?

[will robie]

Naah... Philippine Star didn't seem to present it as an opinion piece. It's actually presented as historical fact seeing that it's in the "Everyday in History" section.

 

So your thinking that it is just an opinion is just that: an opinion.

Again, Marcos being a kleptocrat and dictator is an opinion, not a fact as him being a kleptocrat has not been proven. Saying someone is a dictator is an opinion, not a fact. A dictator is someone who has total control over a country. How could Marcos be a dictator when there are legislative and judicial branches of government during his tenure? The articles you show have always been shallow and easy to discredit.

Edited September 19, 2019 by will robie

[camiar]

Kanino dapat maniniwala? Sa inyo o sa Philippine Star?

You're free to believe or agree with Philippine Star's editorials and commentaries, but you are wrong to claim that they are historical facts.

 

Again, your inability to discern between opinions and facts shows your immaturity and gullibility.

[tk421]

Fact: hes a world record holder in the official Guinness Book of World records.

 

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/65607-greatest-robbery-of-a-government

 

In 1998 Imelda said during an Inquirer interview: We practically own everything in the Philippines, from electricity, telecommunications, airlines, banking, beer and tobacco, newspaper publishing, television stations, shipping, oil and mining, hotels and beach resorts, down to coconut milling, small farms, real estate, and insurance.

Edited September 19, 2019 by tk421

[will robie]

Fact: hes a world record holder in the official Guinness Book of World records.

 

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/65607-greatest-robbery-of-a-government

 

In 1998 Imelda said during an Inquirer interview: We practically own everything in the Philippines, from electricity, telecommunications, airlines, banking, beer and tobacco, newspaper publishing, television stations, shipping, oil and mining, hotels and beach resorts, down to coconut milling, small farms, real estate, and insurance.

In the context of the stealing allegations vs. Marcos, I bet the Guinness Book of World Records cannot produce legal documents to prove that Marcos stole. You are entitled to your warped opinions but you are not entitled to your own facts.

Edited September 19, 2019 by will robie

[tk421]

 

Fact: Marcos was dishonest way before he was president.

 

https://newslab.philstar.com/31-years-of-amnesia/war-hero#battleFilmsBooks

Edited September 21, 2019 by tk421

[will robie]

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Fact: Marcos was dishonest way before he was president.

 

https://newslab.philstar.com/31-years-of-amnesia/war-hero#battleFilmsBooks

Another Anti-Marcos propaganda that only shows one side of the story. You can yak all you want, trollk41 but Marcos was a Medal of Valor awardee and is now buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani".

[kami.sama]

tinanong ko yung tatay ko, kumusta ba yung buhay nila noong panahon ng martial law.okay naman daw,normal lang,ang naging problema lang nila ay yung curfew