Winnie Monsod: Holiday for Ferdinand Marcos like pissing on face of Ninoy, Filipinos

 

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Mahigpit na tinututulan ng dating kalihim ng pagpaplano ng sosyo-ekonomiko na si Winnie Monsod ang panukalang batas na nagdeklara ng holiday sa Setyembre 11 sa Ilocos Norte upang ipagdiwang ang kaarawan ng yumaong strongman na si Ferdinand Marcos.

Sa kanyang column sa Philippine Daily Inquirer, sinabi ni Monsod na ang Pilipinas ay magiging "laughstock of the world" kapag ang House Bill 7137 ay naging batas. 

Ayon sa naunang ulat naipasa na ang panukalang batas sa ikatlong pagbasa sa House of Representatives.

“We not only will be the laughingstock of the world, which held us in the highest respect when we overthrew the dictator peacefully and became a role model for all other similar movements to follow, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, but we will also have pissed on the face of Ninoy Aquino and all the victims of martial law, as well as on our faces—the victims of Marcos’ plunder—for which we had to suffer for almost 16 years before we could regain our former per capita income,” ayon kay Monsod

Isang propesor sa ekonomiya sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, sinabi ni Monsod na ang piyesta opisyal para kay Marcos ay "insulto din sa mga Ilokano."

“So, the dictator Marcos did a lot for Ilocos while he was president. Does that more than compensate for what evil he wreaked on the Filipino people? The Ilocanos are not dumb. And I am sure they are Filipinos first,” aniya

Sinabi ni Monsod na ang panukalang batas ay hindi maaaring ituring lamang bilang isang panukalang batas ng lokal na aplikasyon, tulad nalang ng argumento ni Senate President Vicente Sotto

Nauna nang sinabi ni Sotto na ang panukalang batas, na ipinasa kamakailan ng House of Representatives sa pangatlo at huling pagbasa, ay malamang maprobahan din ng Senado. 

Sa isang panayam sa CNN Philippines nitong Huwebes sinabi ni Sotto na duda siya kung mayroong pagtutol sa upper chamber dahil ito ay panukalang lokal lang naman.

“A bill of local application when it comes to the Senate, usually is not really debated upon. It is a bill of local application, it is for Ilocos Norte, I doubt if there will be objections to that,” paliwanag ni Sotto

“If it is nationwide, baka magkakaroon ng objection yan, medyo mahihirapan ‘yan. For us, it is not a matter of whether we are going to support it or not. Usually, bills of local application breeze through the Senate unless one or two objects,” dagdag ng senador



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