Should Ferdinand Marcos Be Buried In the Libingan ng Mga Bayani ? This is one of the hottest issues we can read in newspapers, websites and blogs today. After all, Ferdinand Marcos was a former president of the Philippines and therefore he should be given a heroes burial. The loyalists argue.
Actually, this should not have been an issue. I think anyone who has common sense doesn't need to give it a thought whether Marcos should be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes' Graveyard) . This is actually one of the simplest problem I have ever I met in my entire life. The question is as simple as this: Was he a hero?
Obviously, Ferdinand Marcos was never a hero. In fact, he was the opposite. He was the villain to the Filipino people during his regime. After all the killings, plunder, corruption, cronyism, injustices, prejudices, greed, scandals, military abuse and imprisonment and torture of so many innocent civilians, you call him a hero and bury him in a graveyard of the real heroes of our nation?
I thought Marcos was dead and his greed and corrupt soul was long gone. But it looks like I was wrong. Burying Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani is the biggest act of corruption and insult ever. It will corrupt and demean the real heroes lying in peace in the Libingan ng Mga Bayani. If ever Marcos is buried in this place, one sure horrific thing will happen. The buried real heroes will rise up from dead and evacuate to their hometown graveyards.
