MANILA, Philippines - Vice President Jejomar Binay has recommended to President Aquino that the late former President Ferdinand Marcos be given military honors in his home province of Ilocos Norte, not in Libingan ng mga Bayani, 3 separate sources told ABS-CBN News.
After consulting various sectors and citizens, Binay has recommended that the late dictator be given full military honors as a former soldier and commander-in-chief.A survey conducted by the Office of the Vice-President revealed public opinion is split on the issue of giving Marcos a hero's burial.
The sources said Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his sister, Imee, have spoken to Binay about the burial. They said the Marcoses are satisfied with Binay's recommendation.
Marcos was elected president in 1965 and was re-elected for a second term in 1969.
But before the end of his second term, he imposed martial law in 1972 and stayed as president until 1986 when he was deposed by a bloodless People Power revolt led by President Aquino's mother, Corazon.
Marcos died in exile in Hawaii in 1989 but has yet to be buried. His remains are preserved in a refrigerated crypt in the family mausoleum in Batac, Ilocos Norte.
At least 216 members of the House of Representatives have signed House Resolution No. 1135, initiated by Sorsogon Rep. Salvador Escudero, urging President Aquino to allow the burial of the remains of late strongman at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City.
President Aquino has refused to comment on the issue of giving Marcos a hero's burial. Aquino has maintained that Marcos ordered the murder of his father, the late Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., in 1983.
Instead, the President assigned Binay to study the issue of a hero's burial for Marcos.
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