Marcos son sorry, not sorry for father’s martial law record

Now that Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr had categorically said he is running for vice president or president in 2016, he was asked on TV whether he would apologize for what happened during the dictatorial regime of his father and namesake. The answer was yes and no. “Will I say sorry for the thousands and thousands of kilometers [of roads] that were built? Will I say sorry for the agricultural policy that brought us to self-sufficiency in rice? Will I say sorry for the power generation? Will I say sorry for the highest literacy rate in Asia? What am I to say sorry about?” he said. The senator said he always apologizes for his own transgressions but said his family’s stand on his father’s presidency is different. “We have constantly said that if during the time of my father, kung may nasagasaan, o merong sinasabing hindi natulungan o (if there were those who were run over or those saying they were not helped or) they were victimized in some way or another, of course, we are sorry that happened. Nobody wants that to happen. These are instances that have fallen through the cracks.” His father, Ferdinand Marcos, ruled the Philippines form 1965 to 1986. 

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