Regardless of how some Filipinos judge the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ regime, President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that the former President and soldier deserves a hero’s burial.

Duterte made the statement as the Marcos family began preparations for the burial, reportedly set on Sept. 18, at the Libingan ng ga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) in Taguig.

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