{"id":14785,"date":"2022-10-15T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=14785"},"modified":"2022-10-15T12:05:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:05:24","slug":"i-was-kidnapped-marcos-did-father-and-son-forgive-kidnappers-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2022\/10\/15\/i-was-kidnapped-marcos-did-father-and-son-forgive-kidnappers-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI was kidnapped\u201d \u2013 Marcos; Did father and son forgive kidnappers? Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Emmanuel S. Tipon, Esq.

<\/em>In last issue\u2019s Part I, we quoted former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos\u2019 declaration \u201cI was kidnapped.\u201d We cited the corroborative statement of Eduardo \u201cDanding\u201d Cojuangco who was kidnapped with him.

More corroboration of kidnapping<\/strong>
<\/em>Brigadier General Santiago Barangan, my cousin-in-law, who was Marcos\u2019 Chief of the Presidential Security Command, told me that Marcos\u2019 plan during EDSA was to travel to Ilocos Norte by land. They had loaded trucks with money to finance the continued operation of the government.

When the EDSA demonstrators against Marcos were gaining ground, I called Former Senator Leonardo B. Perez, a close friend of Marcos, and my fraternity brother in the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity.

I told him that the Consul General in San Francisco became a \u201cbalimbing\u201d (multisided fruit or \u201cturncoat\u201d) and had joined Cory Aquino.

\u201cI will tell Marcos to appoint you as officer-in-charge,\u201d Perez said. \u201cI can\u2019t accept brod, I am a U.S. citizen,\u201d I replied.

\u201cWhat\u2019s the plan of Marcos if the rebels get closer to Malacanang?\u201d I asked. \u201cWe will go to Ilocos Norte and continue running the government from there,\u201d Perez said.

The \u201cMalacanang of the North\u201d was built by Marcos on the shores of Paoay Lake near Laoag.

\u201cCan Marcos hold the fort if Cory\u2019s forces attacked?\u201d I asked. Perez said yes, as long as the Americans do not interfere.

\u201cWhat if the Americans interfered,\u201d I asked. Marcos might ask other countries for help, said Perez. \u201cLike Russia?\u201d I asked. He did not answer.

Was Marcos kidnapped because he played the \u201cRussian Card\u201d?<\/strong>
<\/em>People believed that the Americans had begun to dislike Marcos because he was playing the \u201cRussian card\u201d.

Fernando del Mundo\u2019s article in UPI on August 8, 1985 said: \u201cPresident Ferdinand Marcos, apparently playing his ‘Russian card,’ chided the United States Thursday for interfering in Philippine affairs and accepted a ceremonial award from the Soviet Union\u2026 The 67-year-old leader has sharply attacked moves by the U.S. Congress in recent months to attach conditions to U.S. aid to the Philippines, saying such efforts constituted interference in the Philippines’ internal affairs.\u201d

Citing former Sen. Rene Espina, the article said: \u201cMarcos is sending a signal to the United States that if they don’t like him any more, the Russians will be very happy with him.\u201d

<\/em>Imelda Marcos met with the Soviet Ambassador to the Philippines and raised a toast to Soviet-Philippine friendship on Soviet National Day after returning from a trip to the Soviet Union, wrote Seth Mydans in the New York Times, November 8, 1985.

Imelda announced that ties between the two nations have entered \u201ca new era of friendship and mutual cooperation.\u201d Mydans said that political commentators had pointed out that Imelda\u2019s trip was made to play the \u201cSoviet card\u201d against the Americans.

Did Marcos and his son forgive the kidnappers?<\/strong>
<\/em>It has been said that \u201cto err is human, to forgive divine.\u201d But the kidnapping of Marcos was not an error. It was a deliberate wrongful act – whether it was done at the behest of Cory, or because the Americans did not like Marcos anymore for playing the \u201cRussian card\u201d, or for whatever reason.

I visited Marcos at his temporary residence on Kalanianaole Highway in Honolulu after he was released from Hickam Air Force Base. I expressed my sorrow for the pain he must be suffering after the way he was treated.

He replied: \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be sorry, you had nothing to do with it. There will be retribution.\u201d

\u201cHow do you feel about Enrile?\u201d I inquired. \u201cDo you know Enrile?\u201d Marcos asked. \u201cYes,\u201d I replied. \u201cI was Corporate Counsel of Dole Corporation and his firm was the retained counsel. We met a number of times. He is intelligent.\u201d

\u201cHave you heard of the Enrile breakfast?\u201d Marcos inquired. \u201cNo, sir,\u201d I answered. \u201cAn Enrile breakfast consists of two soft boiled eggs and one small chorizo,\u201d Marcos said, laughing derisively.

I said: \u201cPerhaps, if you had appointed Ramos as Chief of Staff he would not have joined Enrile.\u201d

\u201cHow can I appoint him, he is like a \u201cwheelbarrow?\u201d Marcos retorted. I asked what he meant. \u201cDon\u2019t you know what a wheelbarrow is? You must lift it and push it to make it move.\u201d

As for Marcos Jr., how does he feel about the kidnappers? People say that by coming to America to address the United Nations General Assembly and by meeting with President Biden, he has forgiven the kidnappers. Coming to America does not show forgiveness.

Marcos Jr. already came to Hawaii after he had returned to the Philippines. I introduced him when he spoke before the Filipino community. While in Hawaii, he was asked to appear before a U.S. District Judge. We were barred from entering the courtroom.\u00a0

People say that Marcos Jr. is a forgiving person citing his appointment of 98-year-old Juan Ponce Enrile as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel. According to observers, if not for the Enrile \u201ccoup d\u2019etat\u201d there would have been no kidnapping.

That\u2019s not necessarily evidence of forgiveness. There are two theories on why Marcos, Jr. appointed Enrile: One theory is that Marcos, Jr. wants to keep a close eye on Enrile to prevent him from committing mischief.

Marcos Jr. must be a follower of Sun Tzu, a Chinese military strategist, who said in The Art of War that one should \u201ckeep a close watch on the enemy.\u201d

The other theory is that if Marcos Jr. wants to declare martial law, Enrile\u2019s prior martial law experience under Marcos Sr. will come in handy.

FULL DISCLOSURE
<\/strong>September 11, 2022 is the 105th<\/sup> anniversary of the birth of Ferdinand Marcos. I was in his hometown of Sarrat during his 100th<\/sup> birth anniversary in 2017.

We first met Manong Andy (that\u2019s how we addressed him) in 1947 in the home of my uncle Dr. Damaso T. Samonte, then congressman of the first district of Ilocos Norte and chairman of the Liberal Party of the province. Marcos wanted to run as congressman of the second district.

When Roque Ablan, Jr. and I were studying at the University of the Philippines, and Manong Andy was already a congressman, we would borrow his Chrysler. We drove Manong Andy\u2019s girlfriend Miss Press Photography of 1949 Carmen Ortega wherever she wanted to go.

Manong Andy was the first to offer me a job in his law office after I placed third in the 1955 bar exam. Manong Andy\u2019s father, Don Mariano Marcos, and my father played poker during the Japanese occupation.

Manong Andy\u2019s mother, Dona Josefa Edralin Marcos, and my mother were co-teachers and raised bail money for Manong Andy when he was incarcerated on charges of assassinating Assemblyman Julio Nalundasan.

Dona Josefa was a sponsor during my wedding. Mrs. Imelda Romualdez Marcos once invited us to her apartment where she showed yellowing certificates of deposit of gold bullion evidencing their ownership. I wrote an article \u201cMarcos Gold: Fact or Fiction\u201d in Filipino Life magazine published by Atty. Edilberto B. Bravo.

When First Lady Louise Araneta Marcos, wife of Marcos, Jr., applied to teach at the Northwestern University College of Law in Laoag when I was the Dean, I appointed her as a professor.

DISCLAIMER: Information and opinions of columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent those of the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle editorial board.<\/em>

ATTY. TIPON<\/strong> was a Fulbright and Smith-Mundt scholar to Yale Law School where he obtained a Master of Laws degree. He has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, New York, and the Philippines. Cell Phone (808) 225-2645. E-Mail: filamlaw@yahoo.com. Website: https:\/\/www.tiponlaw.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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