(Eagle News)– Former president Fidel Ramos on Monday (November 21) expressed his disappointment over the burial of late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
“I felt very bad, especially for the veterans, as well as a lot of members of the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines),” Ramos said in a press conference.
“It was an insult, a trivialization of the role the sacrifices of our Armed Forces, Coast Guard, veterans, retired, active,” he added.
During the press conference, Ramos showed copies of the signed agreement between his administration and the Marcos family in 1993. The signatories of the agreement were then Interior Secretary Rafael Alunan III for the government side and former First Lady Imelda Marcos.
He stressed that based on the agreement, the remains of the late president will be flown from Hawaii directly to Ilocos Norte and that it should be buried in Marcos’ hometown.
