Ex-Philippine leader Benigno Aquino joined thousands of people on the streets of Manila Saturday as protests broke out against President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs.
The remains of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was interred at the Heroes' Cemetery in Manila on Friday, Philippine authorities and media reports said.
The decision follows months of protests, with many saying that Marcos' record of corruption and rights abuses meant he should not be interred there.
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is unlikely to let Vice President-elect Leni Robredo join his Cabinet since the move might hurt defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. At a televised news conference on Tuesday night, Duterte said he is politically allied with Marcos and his mother, former First Lady Imelda Marcos.
It has been a close fight for Philippine vice president between administration bet congresswoman Leni Robredo and Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son and namesake of late president Ferdinand Marcos.
Filipinos commemorated Thursday the 30th anniversary of a bloodless revolt that brought down the two-decade dictatorship of late President Ferdinand Marcos.
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