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Ramos, Enrile not Marcos should be blamed for martial law atrocities: Marcos loyalist

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1423131" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - Former President Fidel V. Ramos and former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile should be blamed for martial law atrocities, the founder of a Marcos loyalist group said Friday, on the 29th death anniversary of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos.</p><p>Ramos and Enrile were 2 of 12 military officials who were given gold Omega watches by Marcos for their &quot;instrumental&quot; roles during martial law, an era marked by thousands of reported disappearances and torture incidents.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/04/12/13/omega-12-behind-marcos-martial-law-us-envoy">&#x27;Omega 12&#x27; behind Marcos&#x27; martial law - US envoy</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Marcos issued [a statement to] the general na pinapaubaya niya talaga kay Enrile ang pag-aarrest, kung sino lumalabag sa batas,&quot; Cherry Cobarrubias, founder of the Marcos Loyalists for God, Country and People, told ANC&#x27;s Early Edition.</p><p>&quot;There are people in charge. Hindi naman siya (Marcos) direct. He has to ask Ramos and Enrile,&quot; she said.</p><p>Enrile and Ramos later broke away from Marcos&#x27; group and launched an uprising that sparked the first EDSA People Power revolution, the event that removed the dictator from the seat of power.</p><p>Cobarrubias insisted that the late strongman was not liable for any human rights violations simply because he was not convicted by a court.</p><p>&quot;They were saying Marcos is a human rights violation, but the fact is Marcos has no human rights violations in the Philippines,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;Hindi naman sila nag-file ng human rights violations. He was never convicted,&quot; she said.</p><p>In 2013, the &quot;Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act&quot; that guaranteed the granting of reparation to martial law victims was signed into law to mark the 27th anniversary of the declaration of martial law.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/21/18/neverforget-as-senate-president-enrile-signed-martial-law-victims-reparation-law">#NeverForget: As Senate president, Enrile signed martial law victims&#x27; reparation law</a></li></ul><p>The law signified the state&#x27;s recognition of the &quot;heroism and sacrifices of all Filipinos who were victims of summary execution, torture, enforced or involuntary disappearance and other gross human rights violations.&quot;</p><p>Enrile, who approved the law when he served as Senate president, has been accused of &quot;historical revisionism&quot; for recently claiming that &quot;very few&quot; of the dictator&#x27;s critics were arrested during martial rule and that they were detained for &quot;criminal acts.&quot;</p><p>About 75,749 alleged cases of human rights violations under the Marcos dictatorship were filed before the Human Rights Victims&#x27; Claims Board.</p><p>Cobarrubias said the number of martial law victims was simply bloated by the Marcos&#x27; political opponents.</p><p>&quot;Sobra-sobra ang ginawa nilang numero,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;Naglagay sila ng iba-ibang tables sa mga probinsya kung sino-sino mga biktima ni Marcos, lumapit kayo dito. So nangumbida sila talaga,&quot; she said.</p><p>Only 14 percent of the total number of human rights violations claims were verified as true, HRVCB chairwoman Lina Sarmiento said earlier this year.</p><p>The 14 percent accounted for 11,103 victims.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/09/18/11000-martial-law-victims-to-get-compensation">11,000 Martial Law victims to get compensation</a></li></ul>

<p>Former President Fidel V. Ramos and former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile should be blamed for martial law atrocities, the founder of a Marcos loyalist group said Friday, on the 29th death anniversary of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos.</p>

Former President Fidel V. Ramos and former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile should be blamed for martial law atrocities, the founder of a Marcos loyalist group said Friday, on the 29th death anniversary of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos.