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Former Philippines Dictator Marcos Eligible For Burial In Heroes' Cemetery, Court Rules
Source: NPR
Former Philippines Dictator Eligible For Burial In Heroes' Cemetery, Court Rules
November 8, 201611:28 AM ET
REBECCA HERSHER
The highest court in the Philippines has voted to allow the body of the country's former dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, to be buried in the Heroes' Cemetery outside Manila.
The court ruled 9 to 5 against a challenge that would have blocked the burial, brought by victims of Marcos's regime. As Michael Sullivan reports:
"A Marcos burial would glorify a dictator and mock the heroism of desaparecidos and other victims of Marcos' atrocities," argued Edcel Lagman, a lawyer for some of the so-called "desparecidos," or disappeared, as well as other victims of the Marcos regime.
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November 8, 201611:28 AM ET
REBECCA HERSHER
The highest court in the Philippines has voted to allow the body of the country's former dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, to be buried in the Heroes' Cemetery outside Manila.
The court ruled 9 to 5 against a challenge that would have blocked the burial, brought by victims of Marcos's regime. As Michael Sullivan reports:
"Marcos still stirs deep feelings among many Filipinos. Lawyers for those tortured, imprisoned or disappeared during his dictatorship were adamant when the case was argued before the court in September that Marcos didn't deserve a heroes burial."
"A Marcos burial would glorify a dictator and mock the heroism of desaparecidos and other victims of Marcos' atrocities," argued Edcel Lagman, a lawyer for some of the so-called "desparecidos," or disappeared, as well as other victims of the Marcos regime.
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Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/08/501142592/former-philippines-dictator-eligible-for-burial-in-heroes-cemetery-court-rules
