September 17, 2022, 4:54 pm
It was Congress that introduced the funding requirement included in the previous national budgets for the establishment of a museum for martial law victims, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reiterated on Saturday.The latest statement came as the DBM clarified that a… Read More
Elected as the Philippines’ 17th President in the May 2022 elections, Marcos Jr. said his fatherwas not a dictator.
There are still available funds for the planned memorial for victims of human rights violations during the martial law regime, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Thursday.
The DBM’s clarification came on the same day when an official of the Human Rights Violations Victims Memorial Commission (HRVVMC) told lawmakers during the House budget deliberations on the Commission on Human Rights that there is the proposed 2023 national budget has no special provision for the construction of a memorial for martial law victims.
Elected as the Philippines’ 17th President in the May 2022 elections, Marcos Jr. said his fatherwas not a dictator.
In an interinterview, Marcos Jr said that his father always consult with various private and civil society groups.
“I know that everything he did, he did with consultation with whoever. No matter what the system of government was. That’s why for me you can say what you want, that’s your opinion. You’re wrong,” he said lashing at critics who call his father a dictator.
Marcos Jr. also said that he is not bothered by being referred to as a dictator’s son.
“It would hurt me if they were right, but they’re wrong,” Marcos Jr. said.
There are still available funds for the planned memorial for victims of human rights violations during the martial law regime, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Thursday.
The DBM’s clarification came on the same day when an official of the Human Rights Violations Victims Memorial Commission (HRVVMC) told lawmakers during the House budget deliberations on the Commission on Human Rights that there is the proposed 2023 national budget has no special provision for the construction of a memorial for martial law victims.
HRVVMC executive director Carmelo Crisanto said the project may become a “white elephant” because there are no funds allotted for it in 2023.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday denied claims made by a voice recording being spread on social media that the government would impose martial law by January 10 to stop the surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the country.
“Not true. Fake news. Definitely, out of the picture,” he said in a message to reporters.
In the voice recording, a woman is urging the public to stock up on food good for until January 30 on the possibility that President Rodrigo Duterte will declare martial law or total lockdown by next week.
In the scenario, no one will be allowed to go out, hence the need to stock up on supplies, the woman claimed.
“There is no compelling reason to declare martial law,” Lorenzana said in a report in the government news agency PNA
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