Former President Ferdinand Marcos lasted his office for
more than twenty years and during his time the Philippines experienced a lot of problems. He was selfish and a corrupt man in his time. He was called as a dictator by the people during the time he ruled as a president in our country. He made the people believe in his promises which he never fulfilled. He does all things only by writings but not in works. When the people already knew his personal interest in politics, people we’re starting to protest against him. Inspite of all the protest, former president Ferdinand Marcos used his money and power to overpower all the protest. Marcos ran for the second time as President and he makes sure that the result of the election is he remains the president. The second term as president made him more abusive and popular in terms of his money and power and thus, corruption is very rampant in the government. Many people we’re suffering from powerty and cruelty. Again, there we’re more protest because of they don’t understand the Marcos government which lead the poor to suffer more and more, and the rich becomes richer and richer. When Marcos knew that there we’re already a lot of people protesting his government he ordered the Martial Law to protect his own interest and government. Under the Martial Law time he arrested all the people who we’re against him. Like how he raid squatters area just because he believes it’s where bad people lives or hides. During the Martial Law years a lot of innocent people we’re arrested and killed. During also this time the New People’s Army or also known as NPA organization was born.
For me, the former President Ferdinand E. Marcos as
called dictator was really meant for him because of what he has done to our country. He only cares about his personal interest ad what he wants for himself and family. He never cared about what people will say or do or what will happen to his people. As a leader, you should be a good model to your people and always looking up on your people’s welfare. As a leader, you should be a great role model of peace and harmony. Always have a helping hand to all the people who are in need of your help. The Marcos Regime most of the time did not show this kind of a leader. A good government should have a good leader. The widespread of human rights of many innocent people is not a good government. If during the Marcos Regime a lot of protest arose and It’s not a suprise for me because I know everybody is used to it. A good leader should impose and abide the law. But then I see a lot of people complaining because almost all of his programs under the law was not fulfilled like the Land Reform Program and other programs. Palakasan System during the Marcos Regime benefits most of his rich friends in his government that results to corrupting the wealth of the Filipino people and I want to say that it’s the very main reason why the people of the Philippines is suffering from poverty until now. I also observed that a lot of injustices happened in his time. Like how innocent people died during The Martial Law years. Until now a lot of NPA did not surrendered because they still notice the injustices of the Marcos regime. He never let anyone replace him. So he stayed as the president for more than twenty years and let his people suffer for more than twenty years. Since he ruled our government for a long time that the freedom of media and even individuals cannot speak for the truth and it should not be because freedom of speech is very important for us to grow, especially our country. I find him very abusive of his power as a president. I agreed that former president Marcos should not be buried in the “Libingan ng mga Bayani” because he never was a not a hero but rather a burden to most Filipino people. He made a crime that people will never forget. A crime that will be forever in our history. Even in our politics today there a lot of politicians like Marcos.
A good government should be for the people
especially to the poor. The poor should have equal rights to the rich. The Marcos regime made the rich people look more powerful. Whatever is our status in life, poor or rich, we should have equal rights in the law so that there will be no injustices, abusiveness, cruelty, and that poverty will be resolved. A monopoly of ones position for a long period of time is not good because we should give others a chance so that equality will prevail. The Marcos Regime should be a lesson to everybody. We people should be vigilant to our rights and watchful to the people serving our country. Never step on ones rights and previleges weather you are rich or poor because we are all equal and we all deserve to live peacefully. Indeed we should have fear in God.