President Rodrigo Duterte remains committed to giving a hero’s burial to former President Ferdinand Marcos, saying “there is the law that favors it.”

In a news conference on Thursday in Davao City, Duterte said he is only following the law in allowing Marcos’ burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery).

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