Monday, August 15, 2016

#THEPHILIPPINES: Protests Over Pres. Duterte's Plan To Give Hero's Funeral For Marcos

[world politics news]


Hundreds have protested a plan of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to use Manila cemetery to give a hero's burial to the dictator, who died in 1986. Police said about 1,500 protesters carrying a large streamer that read "Marcos not a hero" braved the rains, wind and mud at the seaside Rizal park, in Manila, on Sunday to call on Duterte to reconsider his decision.

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