Ironies in August
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There was a time in the past when Aug. 21 was etched in every Filipino’s mind and was marked in the calendar by those in power as a day to prepare for massive protests for a generation under the rule of former strongman Ferdinand Marcos, not only because it marked the assassination of Ninoy Aquino in 1983 but also because of the treacherous bombing of the Liberal Party convention at Plaza Miranda in 1971.
Both tragic pages in the country’s history were blamed on Marcos but to this day, the real perpetrators of these most celebrated crime incidences in the country have yet to be identified with only the pawns believed to have been sent in jail.
Comes the son, Noynoy, and half the world comprising the Chinese population has reasons to mark the day as the victims and relatives of those who were killed during the botched hostage rescue operation wait for their taste of justice, this time from the Philippine government after eight Hong Kong residents died from the hand of a disgruntled policeman who took them hostage on Aug. 23 last year.
For somebody who has supposedly been through the same ordeal in seeking justice for his father who died from the uncannily similar violent means, Noynoy is giving the relatives of the slain Hong Kongers strangely almost the same treatment that his family got from the Marcos government in those dark days of 1983..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110822com1.html
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