RADNEY PAULA P. STA MARIA RADNEY PAULA P.

STA MARIA
12-STEM (ALBERT EINSTEIN) PHILOSOPHY: Module 2..2-2.3

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(INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY 1)
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FACTS
1. Marcos is the second most
corrupt leader in 2004
according to anti-corruption
watchdog transparency
International
2. Marcos ruled as a dictator
and nor a hero under martial
law from 1972 until 1981
and kept most of his martial
law powers until he was
deposed in 1986, branding
his rule as "constitutional
authoritarianism" under his
New Society Movement.
As Duterte calling Marcos as a hero, it is a jab in the still-open wounds of tens of thousands of Filipinos and their families who
suffered under the Marcos regime and to this day have seen virtually none of those responsible held to account or received redress
for their loss. The Philippine government should be seeking accountability and redress for Marcos’s victims rather than honoring
the man ultimately responsible. Doing so would also send a strong message to today’s violators of human rights that they too will
Philippines' Duterte says dictator Marcos is a "hero"
Batac (Philippines) (AFP) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
Sunday hailed late dictator Ferdinand Marcos as a "hero" to many
Filipinos, brushing aside a history of corruption and rights abuses
OPINIONS
under the former strongman.
1. Philippine President Rodrigo
Duterte is stepping up effort s to rehabilitate the image of Duterte hailed late dictator
Marcos, who was ousted in an army-back popular revolt in 1986 Ferdinand Marcos as a "hero"
and died in exile, as the Marcos family and their allies prepare to to many Filipinos and said that
hold celebrations Monday marking a hundred years since his Marcos is the greatest
birth. president
2. Ilocanos believed that is not a
The outspoken Duterte, who has previously hailed Marcos as the
country's best-ever president, has declared the anniversary a hogwash and garbage but the
holiday in Marcos' home province of Ilocos Norte where his best-ever president of the
family still wields political power. Philippines “We are all
Ilocanos so we are all for
"He was a president. To the Ilocanos, he was the greatest Marcos”
president. Why do we have to debate on that?" Duterte said late
Saturday.
"As far as the Ilocanos (are) concerned, Marcos is a hero," he
added, calling criticisms of the former leader "hogwash" and
"garbage".
Marcos was accused of embezzling billions of dollars from state
coffers, with anti-corruption watchdog Transparency
International in 2004 naming him the second most corrupt leader SUPPORTING
SUPPORTING DATA DATA
of all time, behind Indonesian dictator Suharto.
1. 4.
The outspoken Marcos waswho
Duterte, accused of
In 1986 an investigation succeeded identifying billions salted has previouslyembezzling billions of
hailed Marcos
away by Former President Marcos and her wife and the Guinness dollars
as the country's from state coffers, in
best-ever
World Records gave him a title “Greatest Robbery of a president, has1986 an investigation
declared the
government”. anniversary asucceeded
holiday inidentifying
Marcos' home billions
provincesalted
of away by
The dictator also oversaw widespread human rights abuses to
Ilocos Norte Former
where his President
family Marcos
maintain his control of the country and enable his plundering, and her power.
wife and the
still wields political
with thousands of people killed or tortured, previous Philippine
2. As far as theGuinness
Ilocanos areWorld Records
governments said. gave him
concerned, Marcos is aahero,"
title “Greatest
Robbery
he added, calling of a government”.
criticisms of
No member of the Marcos clan has ever gone to prison and the
family has made a stunning political comeback in recent years. the former
5. leader "hogwash"
The dictator also oversaw
and "garbage".widespread human rights
They have hosted various events in Ilocos in recent days 3. Duterte is stepping
abuses up efforts his
to maintain
showcasing the rule of their patriarch, including a Catholic mass to rehabilitatecontrol of theofcountry and
the image
and an event to unveil a plaque on Sunday at the family's Marcos, whoenable his plundering,
was ousted in an with
ancestral home in the city of Batac. thousands
army-back popular of people
revolt in killed or
1986 and died tortured,
in exileprevious Philippine
governments said.
CONCLUSION
face justice, even if it is a long time coming.