News Forum - Filipinos go on book-buying spree to “preserve history” of Marcos family atrocities

[Thaiger]

Some Filipinos are in a rush to buy books documenting the divisive and savage 21 year reign of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos as his son, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr, assumes office as the latest president of the Philippines after a landslide election victory in May. They say they fear that the new Filipino president may try and whitewash the history of his father’s and families’ past and they want to preserve the ‘truth’. For his part, the new Philippine president has never publicly acknowledged or apologised on behalf of his family for the human rights abuses, corruption and monetary […]

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[Giltee]

It’s incredible how short sighted and stupid some voters can be to vote another Marcos back into power. A rotten apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and what makes it worse is he’s denying proven history. 

[DesperateOldHand]

In hindsight, there's tonnes of archival material readily available on the interwebs - always has been.