Palace: Gratitude not an excuse to skirt the law

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Malacañang emphasized that "utang na loob" or gratitude should not be a reason for President Marcos to disregard the law.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/3/17/gratitude-not-excuse-skirt-law  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Yes, as early as 2016, the President is still a former Senator.

00:10The President already thanked the Supreme Court in 2016 for the decision

00:19that his father should be buried in the cemetery of Bayani.

00:23He also thanked, and I will read the message,

00:27he thanked former Senator Bongbong Marcos in 2016.

00:32And I quote,

00:33We also would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to President Rodrigo Duterte

00:38as his unwavering commitment to this issue sustained us these past several months.

00:45Our family will forever be thankful for this kind gesture.

00:50They thanked him before, and they said they will forever look at the debt inside

00:58for the beautiful gesture of former President Duterte.

01:01But the view of the debt inside should not be discredited,

01:06and should not be a traitor to the law and justice.

01:12Former President Duterte used the law.

01:15It was organized under R.A. 289 regarding the burial in the cemetery of Bayani,

01:22and it was approved by the Presidential Proclamation 208 of former President Marcos.

01:28There is also a regulation, AFP G-161-373,

01:33that the President or Commander-in-Chief is entitled to interment at the cemetery of Bayani.

01:40This is based on what was done by former President Duterte.

01:44The arrest or surrender of former President Duterte,

01:50In the ICC, there is also a law, and we have a commitment to the Interpol.

01:58Now, the law should not be stopped by the debt inside.

02:08The law should not be betrayed, as I said,

02:12the law should be implemented, and the commitment should be implemented with the Interpol.

02:18It should not be that because of friendship or because of being together,

02:22the law will not be implemented, and the Constitution will also be betrayed,

02:27just because of the debt inside.

02:29Because this is what Mayor Basté Duterte is saying,

02:32when asked about the debt inside,

02:34is this what former President Duterte used when he appointed a Chinese national,

02:40Michael Yang, as his economic advisor?

02:44Isn't this a betrayal?

02:46Because he appointed a Chinese national as his economic advisor.

02:50Is this also because of the debt inside?

02:52That's just a question.

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