Marcos: No need to forgive those who ousted my father

LOS ANGELES, USA - President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Saturday that he did not need to forgive those who ousted his father, the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

In an interview with the Philippine media delegation before leaving for Los Angeles, Marcos was asked if he had forgiven the people who caused his family’s exile in Hawaii.

“I don’t need to forgive them, I never blamed them… that’s the thing,” Marcos responded.

“I hope by now you have realized hindi ako namemersonal. They don’t need my forgiveness, if they want it, I’ll give it to them,” he added.

Marcos further explained that the two parties had varying beliefs, which had certain results.

“They don’t need my forgiveness. If this is what they believed that they should do, hindi lang pareho ‘yung aming pagiisip o paniniwala. Eh ipaglalaban ko ‘yung aking paniniwala, pinaglaban nila ‘yung kanilang paniniwala. Eh ganyan ang naging resulta, eh di ganyan,” said Marcos.

In 1986, Marcos Sr. was ousted from power following the EDSA People Power Revolution.

The Marcoses were forced to leave the country and fled to Honolulu, Hawaii on a US Air Force aircraft. — DVM, GMA Integrated News