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'Paumanhin': Imee Marcos explains 'move on' remark on martial law

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/12/13/20181213-elections-ikawnaba-0509.jpg"/><figcaption>Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos guests on DZMM&#x27;s &quot;Ikaw Na Ba?&quot; senatorial election interview, December 11, 2018. <em>Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA- Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos clarified on Thursday her previous remark to &quot;move on&quot; from the dictatorship of her late father, strongman Ferdinand Marcos.</p><p>Marcos, who is <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/16/18/imee-marcos-bats-for-senate-seat">seeking </a>a Senate seat in next year&#x27;s polls, previously drew flak for saying that millennials &quot;have moved on&quot; from martial law and so should people her age.</p><div> </div><p>&quot;Hindi ko naman sinasabi na move on, talikuran, at talagang iwaksi na yung mga nakaraan eh, talagang bahagi na ng kasaysayan natin yan,&quot; she said in DZMM&#x27;s &quot;Ikaw Na Ba?&quot; senatorial candidate interview.</p><p>(I&#x27;m not saying move on, turn your back, and totally dispel the past. That&#x27;s part of our history.)</p><p>&quot;Ang pinaka-importante eh aralin maigi kung may madadampot na mabubuting leksyon eh bakit hindi gamitin?&quot; she added.</p><p>(What&#x27;s important is to pick up, if any, lessons we can learn from it.)</p><p>Asked whether her family should apologize first for the atrocities during the late strongman&#x27;s regime, Marcos said they have repeatedly said sorry.</p><p>&quot;Kung may nasaktan, yung mga nadale, natanggal sa trabaho, namatayan eh talagang kami nagpapaumanhin,&quot; she said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/18/liberal-party-chief-to-marcoses-apologize-first-before-filipinos-move-on">Liberal Party chief to Marcoses: &#x27;Apologize first&#x27; before Filipinos &#x27;move on&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>(To those who were hurt, affected, lost their jobs and loved ones, we say sorry.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/25/18/responding-to-calls-for-her-family-to-apologize-imee-marcos-says-dedma">Responding to calls for her family to apologize, Imee Marcos says ‘dedma’</a></li></ul><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="1396668" 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>The Marcos dictatorship is one of the darkest chapters in Philippine history, marked with corruption and atrocities with at least 3,257 people killed and some 35,000 others tortured. </p><p>According to the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), the Marcos family&#x27;s ill-gotten wealth is estimated to reach $10 billion, with only P170 billion recovered in 30 years.</p><p>Opposition Senator Bam Aquino meanwhile said what&#x27;s important is for the people to know what really happened during the Marcos regime and for the country not to repeat the same mistakes.</p><p>&quot;Siguro may mga ilan na hindi na nila pinapakealaman masyado, pero ang mahalaga ho eh alam ng taumbayan ang nangyari noong martial law,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Some people may have no opinion about it anymore but what&#x27;s important is for the public to know what really happened during martial law.)</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s important na malaman natin yan para huwag na natin ulitin ulit,&quot; he added.</p>

<p>Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos clarified on Thursday her previous remark to "move on" from the dictatorship of her late father, strongman Ferdinand Marcos.<br /> </p>

Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos clarified on Thursday her previous remark to "move on" from the dictatorship of her late father, strongman Ferdinand Marcos.