‘Philippines more like Libya under Marcos’

MANILA, Philippines?If the 1986 people power revolt didn’t happen, the Philippines would be more like Libya, a country now suffering from violence as protesters move to oust its long-time strongman, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III said Saturday. In a speech during the awarding of state honors to six individuals who figured in the struggle against the Marcos dictatorship, Mr. Aquino refuted an earlier claim by Sen. Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., the son of the late dictator, that the country would have turned out like prosperous Singapore if his father had not been ousted. A day after the 25th anniversary of Edsa I that brought down the Marcos dictatorship, Mr. Aquino also vowed to…

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‘Philippines more like Libya under Marcos’