By Aure G. Galacgac
Baguio congressman Bernardo Vergara on Tuesday said full military honors for the burial of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos in his hometown in Batac, Ilocos Norte is fitting to his "services to his country as soldier."
Vergara, who served as former manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) in the 1970s, said the late president "being a World War II veteran deserves a soldier's burial."
"We all know he served as congressman, senator then president of the Republic. But what we have to always remember is that he served our country as a soldier and that he deserves that honor to have a full military burial," he said.
For his part, Baguio city vice mayor Daniel Farinas, although known in his younger years as among the active militant student leaders, also said he is in conformity of Vice President Jejomar Binay's suggestion of giving the late president full military honors' burial.
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