Aquino protests Marcos burial plan

Aquino protests Marcos burial plan

MANILA (Reuters): Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino led a street protest yesterday against the planned burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes Cemetery, saying it was no place for a dictator.

The question of where the corpse of a man whose rule has become an international byword for corruption and abuse will be buried has threatened to become a major political issue for incoming President Joseph Estrada, who takes office on June 30.

Estrada has approved the Marcos family's request for the former ruler to be buried alongside two former presidents and war veterans.

Marcos died in exile in Hawaii in 1989 and his chemically preserved corpse has lain since 1992 in an air-conditioned crypt.