MANILA, Philippines — If there’s a need to introduce changes in the nation’s history books, those changes should highlight the atrocities committed during under the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos, Vice President Leni Robredo said Monday. Robredo made the comment in light of the call of former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, son of the late dictator, to revise history textbooks as charges against his family were being dismissed by the courts. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Bongbong Marcos wants textbooks revised: You’re teaching children lies“If there’s something that needs to be changed, it’s probably to ensure that the atrocities committed during the dictatorship will be inculcated in each and every Filipino,” Robredo, speaking Filipino, told reporters in an interview. So if there’s something that needs to be changed, that’s that,” she added. The younger Marcos reasoned that history books should not be handled by political appointees but rather by history professors and experts in political science.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 20, 2020 16:07 UTC