Sen. Risa Hontiveros said the proposed measure was apparently aimed at helping “rehabilitate” the image of the President’s late father, Ferdinand Marcos, whose regime was marked by widespread corruption and human rights abuses.
“The mere mention of ‘maharlika’ sends me heebie-jeebies,” Hontiveros said on Friday.
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines in a study released in 2016 ahead of his burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani described his military record as one that is “fraught with myths, factual inconsistencies and lies.” According to the commission, Marcos himself claimed he had received “major” medals—the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star and the Order of the Purple Heart—but several writers and historians disputed this.Military records repeatedly stated that the US government never recognized his guerilla unit, Ang Mga Maharlika, and his leadership of it because of grave doubts about its authenticity, according to the NHCP.
The Washington Post also ran articles on Marcos’ allegedly bogus claims, quoting research done by John Sharkey, its assistant foreign editor who cited US Army records.
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