On her beliefs as an anti-Marcos and Duterte supporter
In an interview with freelance writer Irish Christianne Dizon for Philippine Star, Badoy talked with Dizon.
Badoy said that she was willing to die during the EDSA Revolution during the Marcos regime. Asked why?
“Kasi puno ka na, eh. Puno ka na talaga. You really wanted to get your country back. Yung talagang kilala mo that this man was a monster. He did a lot of good things daw, I don’t know. Most probably, I mean, because you cannot deal naman with absolutes. Not everybody is all bad or all good. We all have our shadows. But by then we already knew what his excesses were. Gosh! They lived like kings while in Negros we would hear about starvation. And then you would see reports about them in their yachts or how Imelda would go to Fifth Avenue and have Bergdorf Goodman closed just to shop. And she would spend millions. Millions! How she would go to PCSO for cash, so she could go shopping,” Badoy responded.
Badoy said she doesn’t believe that the Marcoses are “obscenely rich” because the late president found Yamashita’s treasure and called the story “ridiculous.”
And as proof of just how feisty she is, Badoy narrated how she heckled the Marcoses and called them “thieves” at a Chinese restaurant.
“I said, “Shame on you! Mga magnanakaw!” Imelda said, “Thank you.” Sina Bongbong, hindi. Nakayuko sina Bongbong and Imee. Si Irene, palaban siya. She said, “Whatttt?” I said, “Is this the first time you’re hearing this?!” She was whisked away. It was very important for me to do that because then it would let them know that the happy days are over. Dad’s gone, daddy’s dead now, di ba? Pantay na tayo. Yari kayo. Hindi katulad nung buhay pa tatay niyo, kahit na anong kawalang-hiyaan pwede niyong gawin, and then you could walk in public with your head up. No. It’s about time Filipinos learned how to shame the shameful,” she told Dizon.
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Asked why she supported Duterte knowing how friendly he is with the Marcoses, Badoy said that this was the aspect of the President that was the most difficult for her to swallow. But she also reasoned why she favored Duterte over Noynoy and Mar, who she said brought her pain because of Yolanda, the fallen SAF 44 soldiers, and the Kidapawan farmers.
Badoy talked about how slow the Yolanda aid was during the Aquino administration, how the supertyphoon survivors had to shiver in the cold under their make-shift tents for so long, and how severe the problem of malnourishment was in Samar and Leyte. She also said that it was during Yolanda when she started seeing Duterte’s pro-poor heart.
“I voted for him (Duterte) because he’s pro-poor. He has the heart for the ones who have been forgotten forever,” she said of the President.
Asked about the thought that being anti-Marcos is being pro-Aquino, Badoy said she no longer tolerate “absolutes.”
Even if she voted for Duterte, she is willing to call him out when he needed and has done so when he made that rape joke during the campaign and his relationship with the Marcoses.
As for dealing with her bashers for her anti-Marcos stance, Badoy said, as mentioned in her post that we’ve featured above, she has learned to listen. But for her, listening does not necessarily mean forgetting the truth about the Marcoses’ atrocities. She has learned that if you listen to them, they might also listen to you.
What does she tell other people about the Marcoses?
“And then you say, “You know what? They tortured Boyet Mijares for three days in front of his father.” That one really gets them. Then they’ll say, “Anong pruweba mo?” And then you show them proof. A federal court in Hawaii had the Marcoses pay 10,000 human rights victims, and among them were the Mijareses. When I talk to them, I’m forced to educate myself. Even my reasoning is more nuanced, it’s more razor-sharp. When they say, “Nag-iimbento ka lang,” you say, “Hindi,” and then you give them a copy of the court ruling. See?” Badoy said.
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For those who are telling anti-Marcos Filipinos to “move on,” Badoy said that she, along with those who opposed Marcos, would never be able to move on without getting justice.
“Magpatawad? Hindi naman kasalanan yung pinag-uusapan natin, di ba? Krimen. Tatanungin ko sila kung sila ba tinorture yung kapatid nila nang tatlong araw sa harap ng tatay nila tapos pinatay? When Boyet Mijares was found, his body had 33 ice pick wounds that were shallow. In other words, he died a slow death. I’d ask them that. You want patawad? We’re talking about justice. Why is it important to seek justice? It’s because that’s the spine of a nation. A strong nation has a strong judicial system. Educate yourself. Don’t be that idiot who’s so lazy to talk about and to think about these things and to read about these things. Because the danger there, the truth is, uulit nang uulit nang uulit. The future of the human race rests on our ability to empathize. Some say, “My father was okay nung Martial Law. Why should I care? None of that happened to us.” Pero sina Boyet Mijares hindi sila okay. Gusto mo malaman yung kuwento? That’s it. We cannot move forward if the pain of another person cannot be your pain,” she said.
Source: (philstar.com)
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