Marcos: Election shows being a Marcos no longer an issue

MELBOURNE—His election in 2022 proves that being a Marcos is no longer an issue in the Philippines, President Ferdinand ”Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said in an interview here.

Asked by ABC’s Sara Ferguson if the Philippines and he as a Marcos had already come to terms with his family’s history, Marcos said, “There was a time when the issue was Marcos. That’s not the case anymore.

“And that’s why I think the best proof of that is my election,” Marcos said.

Marcos’ father, the late former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., was removed from power on February 25, 1986, when he and his family left Malacañang amid the EDSA Revolution.

Marcos was asked about the human rights abuses during his father’s administration. 

Ferguson cited records which indicated 70,000 people were imprisoned, 34,000 tortured, and 3,200 people during the first Marcos administration.

”Oh, yes. There always is. It was war and with war, death and destruction are inevitable but this is a war not declared by the government of the Philippines,” Marcos said. 

”These wars were declared on the government of the Philippines. Both of them, one was to divide the country and the other one was to remove the present political system by arms struggle,” he added. 

When asked about the corruption during his father’s term, he said he took exception to the assertions that have been made in relation to the matter. 

Marcos said cases had been filed against his family over this corruption. 

”And I think we have been, we have since the cases were filed, the government fell. Cases were filed against me, my family, the estate, etc., and up to now we have, the assertions that were made, we have been shown to be untrue,” Marcos said.

He said the Marcoses had signed a number of quitclaims. 

”We have signed many quitclaims. Any money that you find is yours and finished and everything was taken from us,” Marcos said.

“We went, and we were taken to Hawaii. Everything. Everything was taken from us with nothing, we have nothing left,” he added. —NB, GMA Integrated News