The late former Senator Ninoy Aquino must be wrong when he said that Filipinos are "worth dying for," according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday.
CBCP president Pablo David made the remarks after the statue of Aquino in Tarlac City Plazuela was blocked by a tent during a campaign rally for presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.
"If this is how we treat the memory of a man whose death helped save our country from the long dark years of tyranny and dictatorship, and whose blood watered the seeds of aspiration for the restoration of our freedom and democracy, then it must be said that he was wrong in believing that 'The Filipino is worth dying for,'" said David on Facebook.
"A nation that treats its villains like heroes and its heroes like villains has nowhere to go but down the drain. It will be treated with contempt by the community of nations that used to be inspired by the fabled nobility of its citizens now gone," he added.
He joins the number of netizens who slammed the blocking of the statue during the event, which was hosted by Mayor Cristy Angeles.
Aquino, who hails from Tarlac, was one of the key opposition figures during Martial Law, with his death becoming one of the events that set the stage for the first People Power Revolution in EDSA.
