Binatikos ni House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Representative France Castro ang pagdedeklara ng September 12 bilang special non-working holiday sa Ilocos Norte para ipagdiwang ang kapanganakan ng kanyang amang si Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

Paglapastangan daw ito sa mga biktima ng rehimen ng diktador.

“Declaring a special holiday, even just for the home province of Marcos Sr. is a distortion of history. This goes against the spirit of RA 10368 or the Martial Law victims compensation law. This is a huge dishonor and disrespect to the victims of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos Sr,” ayon sa inilabas na pahayag ni Castro.

Dagdag pa ni Castro, hindi raw dapat kalimutan ang mga kasalanan ng diktadurya, “portraying him as good and worthy of being commemorated and erasing his actions and the atrocities of his regime. The Filipino people should never forget the sins of the dictatorship of Marcos Sr. so that history does not repeat itself.”

Ang mas dapat daw gunitain ay ang mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao, pang-aabuso at pagnanakaw na nagpagulo sa bansa.

“What we should commemorate is the anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, recall the evils of human rights violations, abuses, and plunder that wreaked havoc in our country. Dictators and human rights violators should never be commemorated or celebrated,” dagdag pa niya.

Hindi raw papayagan ng mga guro katulad niya ang pagsira o pag-iiba ng kasaysayan para palabasin na maganda ang panahon ni Marcos.

“Teachers will not allow a distortion of history and rewrite it as if the Marcos era was all good, no injustice and corruption when in fact history already judged him as a plunderer, murderer, fascist and criminal… Hindi kailanman magiging bayani si Marcos Sr para siya ay gunitain at ipagdiwang. Libo-libo ang napatay, kinulong ng walang kasalanan, at naging desaparesidos noon panahon ng Martial law ni Marcos Sr. Hindi tayo papayag na tuluyang mabura at mapintahan ng makukulay na imprastraktura ang kasaysayan ng panahon ng marital law ni Marcos Sr.,” ayon kay Castro.

Proyekto raw ng pamilya Marcos na linisin ang kanilang pangalan sa anumang pagkakasala.

“It has been the project of the Marcos family to clear their name of any wrongdoing from history books and the minds of the Filipino people by spreading fake news about their accomplishments and the ‘good’ that they’ve done for the country. They continue to harass and abuse anyone who does not sing praise about them. Calling critics terrorists, subversives, and discrediting the legitimate demands of the Filipino people.”

Ipinaliwanag din ni Castro na dapat magpatuloy ang paglaban para sa kasaysayan ng mga Pilipino.

“We must continue to fight for the history of the Filipino people. To attain justice for the victims and genuine peace, we must never forget the sins of the Marcos family, and never again must we let another dictatorial rule abuse the Filipino people and the country,” pagtatapos ni Castro.

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