Lawmakers on Friday criticized plans by the family of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos for his 100th birth anniversary at the Libingan ng mga Bayani next week.

“This planned party celebrating the centennial of his birth defiles the memory of all the legitimate heroes buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani even as it rubs salt on the still-bleeding wounds of the thousands of victims of... atrocities,” Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, who received an invitation, said in a statement.

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