The family was eventually overthrown in a popular people’s revolt in 1986, but they managed to steal billions of dollars from the Filipino people by the time they fled the country to the U.S. It is estimated that more than 70,000 people were jailed, 34,000 tortured, and more than 3,200 killed during his dictatorship. “Tens of thousands of people arbitrarily arrested and detained, and thousands of others tortured, forcibly disappeared, and killed,” the rights group said. During that time, he seized complete control of the country in 1972 for nine years, establishing a period of martial law that “unleashed a wave of crimes under international law and grave human rights violations,” according to Amnesty International. was elected president in 1965, ruling for more than two decades. “I saw it on Facebook.”įerdinand Marcos Sr. “I conducted my research and they said it was good ,” he said. It would be impossible that he hasn’t.”Īsked what he knows about the state of the Philippines under Marcos Sr., Pinga said that he had done his research. So surely he would’ve learned something from his father. on the other hand, “was alive when his father was in power.” They talked a lot during the campaign but once they won they didn’t do anything,” he said. “Many have ran before and they’ve made a lot of promises. Instead, he just “wants change” which he believes Marcos Jr. Pinga said there is no use in pursuing justice for his mother anyway, since it was the cops who killed her and they would be the same ones investigating their case.
As Duterte ends his six-year term and the Philippines approaches election day on May 9, he said he is excited to cast his ballot come Monday as a first-time voter in the presidential polls, throwing his support behind a candidate he believes will be a strong leader that will put the welfare of the Filipino people above all. Then the pandemic hit, making it even harder to find work and earn money.īut he is hopeful that the hardships that started the day his mother was gunned down will soon be alleviated. He was 17 when he lost her and has had to provide for himself, doing bartending gigs or finding things to resell on Facebook. Life has been difficult for Pinga since the death of his mother. “Sometimes when I get mad or something, I need my mother to reduce my problem. Pinga insists his mother never used or dealt drugs, but was on a watchlist because of a former partner who had been involved with drugs. Edna Pinga, Rey’s mother, was one of an estimated 27,000 people, according to rights groups, who died during Duterte’s crackdown, as suspected dealers, users and even unlucky bystanders were gunned down in extrajudicial killings. The day was June 2, 2017, just over a year since the inauguration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and the start of his brutal drug war. She was lying down on the ground with a broken hand,” he said. “I went to check on my mom and it was really her. He had been at the alleyway leading to their house at that time, but after the men had left, ran out to find his mother.
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