President-elect Rodrigo Duterte stood by his decision to allow the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani as he also defended the children of the former strongman.

Speaking to reporters in Davao City early Thursday, Duterte said he accepted “full moral and legal responsibility” for his decision even as it “created division in the country.”

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