Solon hits Sen. Marcos for being unapologetic about Martial Law atrocities

TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 26 (PNA) -– Voters should be skeptic of voting for Sen. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. as vice president if he would not apologize for the Marital Law atrocities done by his father, said Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colminares.

The militant solon, who was in this city on Friday for their campaign sortie said that issues here are not about the accountability of the son to the “sins of his father.”

“This is an issue on the position of the son on whether or not the father has sinned. If the son believes that the father has not sinned, I will not vote for him because for me, the father has sinned,” said 

Colminares, one of the senatorial candidates of Sen. Grace Poe and Sen. Chiz Escudero tandem.

In a press briefing, Colminares recalled that he was just 18 when arrested for his plea to allow school papers to publish stories during Martial Law. The solon was active in the College Editors Guild of the Philippines and the Student Christian Movement of the Philippines.

“Who says that Martial Law was great? I suffered physical and mental torture when they imprisoned me for four years. How could it be great when I lined up to get corn as rationed by the government instead of rice?” Colminares asked.

“Anyone who will run for public and would say that Martial Law is great, I will not vote for that candidate,” he added.

The solon believed that some people see Martial Law as better years because there was no traffic congestion, but it did not reflect governance.

“Of course, there was no traffic jam during those years and even after the Marcos regime because there were only a few cars,” he said. (PNA)
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