Marcos: Read everything on history, discern what”s good or wrong

As the country commemorates the 38th anniversary of the People Power Revolution, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. over the weekend said the public should read everything on history from multiple sources and decide from there what is good or wrong.

Responding to a letter from a humanities student named Erica, Marcos said people have much to learn from history, and the youth should take both sides of the story and make a determination from there.

“Huwag kayong magbabasa ‘yung isa lang bagay, basahin niyo lahat. Ang turo sa akin ng lola ko, sabi niya, magbasa ka ng kahit na ano at ikaw nang bahala na mangilatis kung ano ‘yung maganda o ano ‘yung hindi tama, and that’s what history can guide us with,” he said.

(Do not read just from one source, read everything. My grandmother taught me to read anything and decide and discern for myself what is good or what is wrong, and that’s what history can guide us with.)

“Because we have experienced this before. Politics is essentially about the human condition, it is about an ideology that you hold dear, a principle that you will not compromise, that you can help the people, so you can be of service to the people. Not to yourself, not to your party, not to your family, but for the people,” he added.

A copy of Marcos’s response to the letter was released in a statement to the media on Sunday, as the country commemorates the 38th anniversary of the People Power Revolution, which ended the presidency of his father, the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

In the same response, Marcos was quoted as saying that individuals who seek to have elective positions should not be self-centered.

“Dapat naman, ang dahilan kung bakit sila tatakbo ay nais nilang tumulong. Ako, ganiyan kaya ako tumakbo, kaya ako pumasok sa pulitika dahil nalulungkot ako sa mga nakikita kong pangyayari,” he said.

“Dahil masakit sa loob ko na makitang naghihirap ang mga Pilipino at naisip ko, siguro naman may kaya akong gawin para makatulong,” he added.

(The reason for running should be because they want to help. That is the reason why I ran, why I entered politics because I was saddened by the events I saw… Because it hurt me inside seeing poor Filipinos and I thought maybe I could do something to help.) — DVM, GMA Integrated News