Atty Acosta: Points out legality of burial of Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Public Attorney's Office (PAO) chief Atty. Persida Acosta said on Wednesday, August 24, that there is a legal basis to allow the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) in Taguig.

Acosta said the legal basis for Marcos' burial at LNMB can be found in Republic Act (RA) No. 289.

"Noong kasi naguguluhan ako. Legally puwede siyang ilibing. Kung titingnan ang language of the law, pati past presidents puwede ilibing diyan," she said in a news conference in Quezon City.

"Yung sinasabi ni President [Rodrigo] Duterte na 'I'm just following the law,' totoo pala," Acosta added.

According to RA 289 Section 1, the law allows past Philippine presidents, together with national heroes and patriots, to be buried at LNMB.

Approved on June 16, 1948, RA 289 is “an act providing for the construction of a national pantheon for presidents of the Philippines, national heroes and patriots of the country.”

Section 1 of the law states: “To perpetuate the memory of all the Presidents of the Philippines, national heroes and patriots for the inspiration and emulation of this generation and of generations still unborn, there shall be constructed a National Pantheon which shall be the burial place of their mortal remains. “

“Ito po yung creation of a national pantheon for presidents of the Philippines, national heroes and patriots of the country. May comma po bago national heroes and patriots,” Acosta said.

“May Republic Act no. 289 na ang mga naging pangulo ng bansa, diyan po ililibing sa libingan na yan, hindi lang yung mga hero. Yun po yung nasa batas kung paano ginawa yan at pinondohan noong araw,” she added.

Source: newsinfolearn