The stealthy, precipitate and irregular burial of Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani did not put the dictator to rest.
Escalating protests against his interment in the memorial ground of good men will make him turn a million times in his undeserved grave.
The decision of the Supreme Court allowing the burial is not final and executory because the petitioners have the right to file motions for reconsideration within a 15-day period from their receipt of the decision on 11 November 2016 or until 28 November 2016 since the 15th day, 26 November 2016, falls on a Saturday.
Even if the status quo ante order had been lifted and no new order has been issued by the Supreme Court barring a precipitate burial, the Supreme Court decision cannot be implemented during the prescriptive period of 15 days from the petitioners’ receipt of the decision on 11 November 2016. However, if within said period a motion for reconsideration is interposed, the finality accrues only after another 15 days from the denial of the motion for reconsideration.
The clandestine burial of Marcos is in the malevolent mold of the Marcoses’ propensity for abuse, deception, deviousness and underhandedness.
The Marcos family has once again violated the rule of law and disrespected judicial processes.
EDCEL C. LAGMAN