“It should be personal and voluntary. He should not do it with a heavy heart,” Escudero said in reply to a reporter’s query of whether Marcos, son and namesake of the late former President, should heed demands for him to make a public apology for martial rule.
Some quarters have been making calls for Marcos to do so, particularly after he entered the vice presidential race.
President Aquino said Marcos should apologize for the problems posed by Martial Law. He said the start of the solution is the admission of the problem, or the crime that begets the problem.
Aquino’s father, the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. was among those imprisoned during Martial Law.
“That (apology) I think would have been acceptable. We are a forgiving people as a general rule. But they have statements that there’s nothing apologize for,” he said.
Escudero said making an apology is the younger Marcos’ call. “It’s really up to him whether to apologize or not. He cannot be bullied into doing so against his will,” he added.
