August 21, 2022
Instead of honoring former Sen. Ninoy Aquino, units of the maritime police in Quezon and Batangas province chose Saturday to instead declare him "not a hero" and link him to the communist New People's Army.
"Protectors of land and sea, serving with honor and integrity"#pagkakaisahindipagaalsa#NinoyNotHero#NinoyNPA pic.twitter.com/HZ1G5vvHTW
— Batangas Maritime Police Station (@401stMARPSTA) August 20, 2022
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#PagkakaisaHindiPagaalsa#NinoyNotAHero#NinoyNPA pic.twitter.com/JJGxMww4fr
— Quezon Maritime Police Station (@QuezonMARPSTA) August 20, 2022
August 21, 2022
"Recalling August 21 brings back memories of the impunity by which [Ferdinand] Marcos Sr. held government power in his hands," the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law says in a statement.
"Marcos disposed of his political opponents while he and his family plundered the nation's treasury, brokered deals favorable to him and his cronies, and drowned the nation under gigantic foreign debts that would take several generations to pay for."
Republic Act No. 2956, signed into law in 2004, declares August 21 of every year as "Ninoy Aquino Day." It is a non-working holiday nationwide commemorating the death anniversary of former Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.
Photo: Presidential Broadcast Staff/Released, file