The late Ferdinand Marcos does not deserve a place among heroes, contrary to the openness of two presidential aspirants to give him a hero's burial, the camp of Liberal Party (LP) presidential bet Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III said Tuesday. Noynoy and LP campaign manager Butch Abad separately issued the statement as the country commemorates the popular uprising on EDSA that ended the late dictator's two-decade rule and ushered the late President Corazon Aquino, Noynoy's mother, into the presidency. In an interview after a presidential forum on human rights at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City, Noynoy said there was no reason to honor the late strongman by burying him at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes' Grave) in Taguig City. “He ruled us for so long, 1965 to 1986, what has he done to warrant a burial at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani?” he said. “We have so many problems from that time until now, why should we honor him?” he added. In a press conference, Abad noted that while LP candidates have yet to adopt a stance on Marcos's burial the party had always opposed the transfer of his body to the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
