A group of 10 members of the 48-man commission that wrote the 1987 Constitution on Thursday denounced the burial of former strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, calling it “shameless treachery.”

The framers, in a statement on the eve of the anti-Marcos “Black Friday” protest at Rizal Park today, said the burial ran afoul of the Charter, which they said envisioned a clean break from Marcos’ one-man rule.

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