While claiming victory for administration candidate Leni Robredo, President Benigno Aquino III admitted shortcomings in preventing the rise of Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son and namesake of the former dictator, in the vice presidential race. He said “propaganda” intended to change the history of martial law may have worked especially among the millennials. Aquino added that it might have been too late when we realized that many were misinformed. “Those of us who experienced the martial law years failed to take into account – especially for the millennials – that it is difficult to imagine that such a period like the Martial Law period actually happened in the country,” he said.
Read more about Aquino’s musings on martial law on Rappler.
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