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<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/08/16/sc-allows-marcos-burial-in-libingan-ng-mga-bayani">voted to allow</a> the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, serving a blow to the cause of human rights victims during the Martial Law period.</p><p>Nine justices sided with the Duterte administration in allowing the burial at the heroes’ cemetery in Taguig City, while 5 magistrates, namely Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Associate Justices Marvic Leonen, Benjamin Caguioa, Francis Jardeleza, and Antonio Carpio, opposed the interment in the LNMB.</p><p>With the exception of Carpio, the dissenting justices were all appointees of former President Benigno Aquino III, whose mother Corazon was a key figure in the 1986 popular revolt that toppled the Marcos dictatorship.</p><p>Read the full text of Associate Justice Carpio&#x27;s dissenting opinion:</p><div><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.6503244412400865" data-auto-height="false" frameBorder="0" height="600" id="doc_74236" scrolling="yes" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/330638922/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-TgocgOfDvCr7XV9uKYwu&amp;show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe></div>

<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday voted to allow the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, serving a blow to the cause of human rights victims during the Martial Law period.</p>

The Supreme Court on Tuesday voted to allow the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, serving a blow to the cause of human rights victims during the Martial Law period.