The senator is referring to the sudden flight of the Marcoses in 1986 when angry Filipinos demanding freedom and democracy inched to the Malacanang Palace.
I think the senator from Ilocos Norte should be thankful that they were kidnapped otherwise, who knows what happened to them when the oppressed people imprisoned in their country caught them in the Palace?
On the second hand, why didn’t they stand on their ground to remain in the country during those critical moments? It could have been an excellent opportunity for them to face the dehumanized people and thresh out the differences dividing them although it is believed that the Marcoses at that time were not ready to face the people. There was also no guarantee that if that meeting took place, blood did not flow. FM had all the chance to sneak out from Malacanang and fly to Batac or Sarrat by helicopter but why did he allow themselves to be kidnapped as the senator said?
Sen. Marcos also mentions that they were not allowed to return after his father was people-ousted.
But now they are back and even back to power. What took them too long to return to the Philippines? Why didn’t they come back after one or two months? A citizen of any country as far as I know can always return to his/her motherland any time.
Anyway, that was 25 years ago.
Sen. Enrile is said to be writing a book on what really transpired during those historical days which he played a pivotal role. Sen. Marcos has the floor to write his own account about EDSA-I and in case he pursues that we hope that he is honest in saying why his father was ousted.
Macli-ing Dulag, Ninoy Aquino, Pepe Diokno, Gerry Roxas, Raul Manglapus, Ed Jopson, the imprisoned without due process, survivors of the fascist dictatorship and the salvaged or summarily executed will surely be happy in their graves or in the privacy of their homes.
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