Bongbong Marcos on father's martial law regime: Don't just listen to me, do research

Published March 21, 2022 04:50 PM By LLANESCA T. PANTI,GMA News

Former senator and presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. said Monday the public should not just listen to him when it comes to the dictatorship regime of his late father, former President Ferdinand Marcos.

"Sinasabi ko, huwag lang kayo makinig sa akin dahil may agenda din ako, ama ko 'yan eh. Siyempre, kakampi ko siya," Marcos, the front runner in pre-election polls with ratings ranging from 50% to 60%, said in a One News/One PH forum in partnership with Go Negosyo. 

(What I am saying is don't just listen to me because I have an agenda, too. That is my father we are talking about here. Of course, I am on his side.)

"Mag-aral kayo, mag-research kayo nang mabuti, ang daming libro dyan, nasa internet na 'yan.

(Study and do your research well. There are a lot of books, it is available on the internet.)

In an interview with GMA News Online last month, Carmelo Victor Crisanto, executive director of the Human Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission, lamented the lack of knowledge

by many people, especially the younger ones, about the atrocities committed by the government under Martial Law due to lack of available reference materials in schools and the lack of competence among teachers, especially those aged 27 to 35, in teaching the subject. 

Meanwhile, Marcos addressed the claims of his fellow Ilocanos supportive of opposition standard bearer and Vice President Leni Robredo that there is no such thing as Solid North.

"Kaya there is a phrase Solid North because nakita na natin 'yan [na nangyari]. Tignan na lang natin ang resulta, kesa ipilit ko na meron...Pero kung talagang ganun [na wala raw]  eh babalikan ko sila, sasabihan ko, huwag ninyo akong iwanan," Marcos said during the forum.

(The Solid North phrase was coined because we have seen it before. Let us just look at the results rather than me insisting. But if that is really the case, then I will go back there and tell them to don't leave me.)

Marcos said the Solid North was only non-existent in the year 1986, the same year his father was ousted as president as a result of a bloodless People Power Revolt.

"Nawala talaga [ang Solid North] noong '86 kasi wala kaming kandidato sa national [post]. Pero noong tumakbo ako as senator in 1995, nabuo ulit. Maganda naman ang resulta. Si Imee [Marcos], noong tumakbong senator, nabuo ulit ang Solid North. Noong tumakbo akong Vice President [noong 2016], ganun rin ang resulta," he said.

(There was no Solid North in 1986 because we did not have a national candidate. But when I ran for senator in 1995, it was there again, the results were good.  When Imee ran for the Senate in 2019, there's Solid North. Same thing when I ran for vice president in 2016.)

"So far naman, iyong pinaghirapan ng aking ama na Solid North ay buo pa rin (So far, the Solid North my father built is still intact)," he added.—AOL, GMA News

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