![]() Hawaii is also “highly Marcos territory,” and the favorable picture many Filipino immigrants have of him has been passed down to generations, she said. has spent years trying to change his family’s reputation, thriving off a disinformation campaign online that’s helped whitewash their past. Give BBM and Sara a chance to run the country.”įurukawa, however, said Marcos Jr. “The fault of the father is not the fault of the son!” she said. ![]() as corrupt are “propaganda” aimed at destroying the Marcos family’s image. “The resounding victory of BBM and Sara Duterte simply means that the Filipinos including myself believes that their platform of government is the answer to the weakening economy and peace and order in my country,” Abapo said.Ībapo said descriptions of Marcos Sr. would win, pointing out that he had the support of both the north and the south, where her family is from. Watching her home country from afar, Abapo said she felt “precarious and at the same time excited as to the results of the election.” She believed Marcos Jr. His legacy there was peace and order and less corruptions!” “And I personally like (how) the late Ferdinand Marcos run the government. “I was in the Philippines during the Marcos regime,” Abapo said via text. Maui resident and business owner Angelina Abapo also remembers life during the Marcos era as a time of “peace and order.” Cultural centers, convention centers, all over the place.”Īgcolicol added that he wasn’t taking sides in the election and would have backed whoever won. Roadways from north to south, expressways. ![]() Most of the power plants, geothermal plants, power for energy, it’s all projects by Marcos. “Just like all the hydroelectric power plants in the Philippines. “He’s a good leader because the economic situation, he’ll know what to do, how to borrow, where to put the money in for the projects, infrastructure,” Agcolicol said. They didn’t go hungry and they owned a secondhand car, a 1964 Falcon, and could travel freely between cities.įor the Wailuku business owner, the thing that sticks out most in his mind from the Marcos era is the infrastructure projects. Mostly, Agcolicol remembers the heavy sense of discipline - the nightly curfews when the roads were empty except for emergencies, the soldiers who told people to cut their long hair, perhaps in hopes of rooting out the rebels who were coming from outside the city, Agcolicol wonders.Įconomically, things were pretty good for the Agcolicol family. His mother was a teacher and his father was a lawyer who commuted to Manila and came home to the farm on the weekends. declared martial law in the Philippines in 1972. Each one of us has the capacity to become the cradle of courage.Mike Agcolicol was almost 10 years old and living in the province of Pangasinan when then-President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ![]() Through education and advocacy, we will continue the legacy of the brave who, even in death, inspires us to demand justice, and to keep the fire of courage burning ever brighter.Īng ating puso’t isipan ay ang mga tunay na duyan ng magiting. So long as this culture taints the light of our democracy, we will stand steadfast against historical revisionism. Historical revisionism thrives under such a culture. We believe that Marcos’ despotic rule as President of the Philippines and as Commander in Chief of its Armed Forces, from 1965 to 1986, has led to the loss of life and liberty of thousands, the hunger and poverty of millions, and a culture of fear, tyranny, impunity and injustice that continue to stain the democracy we valiantly fought for and regained in 1986. The Martial Law Chronicles Project is an undertaking by a non-partisan group of individuals against historical revisionism, particularly efforts to recast the late dictator, Ferdinand E.
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