Philippine dictator Marcos to get hero's burial: Duterte

I hope Americans are watching this.

Insane. Is the coffin a shoe box? By the way Sense, USA citizens don't even know who he was. Short term memory? Probably, the contributors to this page understand or remember him, but not the average USA citizen. They may, just may, remember his wife for all the shoes she owned when he was deposed.

The Marcos family fled the Philippines after enriching their selves to the tune of 10 Billion dollars stolen from their own country. And this latest Filipino Clown President wants to give Marcos a "heroes" burial.

if the Marcoses (allegedly) stole money from the people, how is it possible for one of them to become a Senator? and now run for vice presidency? why are they not in Jail?

By the way Sense, USA citizens don't even know who he was

Not Marcos. The demagogue after coming to power.

Duterte Harry making his own day. Marcos was once a hero who proved that power corrupts. poor Philippines has had a string of awful governments and is plagues by corruption that is bad even by SE Asian standards.

Duterte is the Trump of the Philippines. Another braggart moron voted in by ignorant voters who have done themselves more harm than they can even comprehend.

if the Marcoses (allegedly) stole money from the people, how is it possible for one of them to become a Senator? and now run for vice presidency? why are they not in Jail?

That would be because they fled the country before they could be imprisoned, and the two thieves are no longer alive. Is it your contention that the thieves' children should be imprisoned for the crimes of their parents? Get real.

I remember Ferdinand Marcos well. The midnight curfew imposed by Marcos and enforced by paramilitary cruising the streets of Olongapo City was a lasting memory of when I was there in the early 80's.

@Fadamor

i was't specifically thinking about the son should go to jail. it was a straightforward question. i'm not familiar with the story and hearing that the son was able to get a senatorial position and run for the 2nd highest position in the country kind of surprised me. i mean, people actually voted for him despite their family's history?

Imelda Marcos is still alive and sits in the Philippine House of Representatives. The Marcoses have a very strong support base in their home province, enough to keep them politically viable. And just as we've seen in Brazil recently, there are Filipinos who remember the stability brought by the dictatorship, and believe another one could solve their problems.

Imelda Marcos is still alive and sits in the Philippine House of Representatives.

Really? For some reason I thought she passed away five or so years after Ferdinand. Did they make her repay the costs of all her shoes purchased with taxpayer money before letting her back in the country?

Did they make her repay the costs of all her shoes purchased with taxpayer money before letting her back in the country?

Not personally, I believe. The state has recovered some money through the auction of property confiscated at the end of the regime, but her personal wealth has been more or less immune. She's still among the wealthiest politicians in the Philippines.

it's amazing how the philippine government couldn't do anything about the stolen money. even more amazing that they were able to get back in to the office.

it's amazing how the philippine government couldn't do anything about the stolen money. even more amazing that they were able to get back in to the office.

My personal opinion is that, in many ways, the Philippines resembles a Latin American rather than an Asian country; and that one such way is in its politics.

For example, the continuing success of the Marcoses reminds me of the PRI in Mexico. Mexico was essentially a one-party state under the PRI for 80 years, and the first non-PRI president was elected only in 2000 (also like the Philippines, the Mexican presidency is limited to a single six-year term). The PRI should have been relegated to a historical footnote; however, they made a comeback, and won the presidency in 2012.

Never underestimate the comeback.

@Steven C. Schulz

Spanish influence? That's one thing they have in common right?