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“My father gave yours hero’s burial”- Baste
By Nidz Godino
“Marcos, you owe us debt of gratitude…your father was given hero’s burial by my father but you let my father go to jail,” Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte said at gathering of supporters for 88th Araw ng Dabaw celebration President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.was being ungrateful for allowing International Criminal Court to arrest and send former president Rodrigo Duerte to The Hague to face ICC trial for crimes against humanity.
Duterte’s son, reminded Marcos that it was the former president who allowed elder Ferdinand Marcos to be buried in heroes’ cemetery.
The mayor said his father’s arrest has sparked outrage among people.
Sebastian lamented how his father had to dodge criticisms and opposition to his decision to bury elder Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani.
He said outpouring of support for his father was something the President would never experience.
Reacting to the mayor’s tirades, Malacañang said debt of gratitude must not stop government from enforcing the law.
At briefing Palace press officer Claire Castro said President had already expressed his gratitude to the former leader.
“As early as 2016, when President Marcos was still senator – the President had already thanked Supreme Court for ruling that his father should be buried at the heroes’ cemetery,” Castro said.
She said the President had already indicated that his “family will forever be thankful for this kind gesture” of the former president.
“But showing gratitude should not derail or betray the law and justice,” she said.
Asked about Mayor Duterte’s expletives at Marcos, Castro said the President is not onion-skinned.
Palace press official also appealed to Duterte supporters to remain calm and be discerning amid flurry of fake news.
“People of Davao are also Filipinos…of course, Palace and the President are concerned with what is happening in Davao…but our only request is for them to be calm and to know the truth,” Castro said.
She maintained government would not prevent supporters of the former president from joining gatherings to show him support.
“We will not stop them from expressing their feelings, as long as it will not go too far… and we can say that is sedition or inciting to sedition,” Castro said.
Palace official also chided Sen. Ronald dela Rosa for what she implied was belated show of support for the former president.
Castro said Dela Rosa should have accompanied his former boss in Hong Kong despite getting information that they would be arrested there.
“If Dela Rosa really knew that there was no arrest warrant issued by competent authority, he would have bravely accompanied former president Duterte and as a matter of fact, he should have gone to the Netherlands before Sen. Robin Padilla,” she said.
Dela Rosa, who served as chief of Philippine National Police during Duterte’s term, is widely acknowledged as top enforcer of former president’s brutal crackdown on illegal drugs known as Oplan Tokhang.
There were speculations that Dela Rosa and retired police chief Oscar Albayalde would be next to receive arrest warrants from ICC.
Castro also chided calls for return of Duterte instead of his former spokesman Harry Roque.
“But it would be better if we challenged Roque to return to the country instead of bring home former president Duterte…maybe, it would be better for people to shout, ‘bring home Roque,’” Castro said.
Roque surfaced at The Hague on March 14, ahead of initial appearance of Duterte before ICC. Roque left Philippines following arrest order from Congress for contempt.
Meanwhile, Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.may have decided to raise allowance of military personnel to appease some members who might be against arrest of Duterte.
In statement, ACT decried Marcos administration’s decision to raise soldiers’ allowances while public school teachers’ salary hikes remain on hold despite ongoing education crisis.
ACT finds unacceptable administration decision to raise allowances of military personnel to “secure their loyalty,” while teachers bear their poor working conditions, financial struggles and insufficient pay amid rising cost of living.
“While International Criminal Court’s arrest of Rodrigo Duterte is step toward justice for his crimes against Filipino people, Marcos Jr. administration must not exploit military compensation as tool to solidify its grip on power, using state funds to appease armed forces while leaving majority of government employees and ordinary workers to suffer in worsening economic conditions is unacceptable,” said ACT chairman Vladimer Quetua.
Marcos earlier signed Executive Order No. 84, s. 2025, which approved P200 increase in daily subsistence allowance of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel, from P150 to P350.
ACT said public school teachers’ daily pay increase of P20 to P50 under Executive Order No. 64, covering 2024 to 2027, paled in comparison to AFP’s, calling it “double standard.”
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