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    Bong Bong Marcos viewed his father Ferdinand Marcos as a great leader and father. However, Ferdinand Marcos' 20-year rule was also characterized by human rights abuses, suppression of dissent, and corruption. In Toni's interview with Bong Bong, he claimed that accounts of abuses during martial law were untrue, which offended some victims and historians. The interview highlighted differing views about the Marcos regime and period of martial law in the Philippines.

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    Bong Bong Marcos viewed his father Ferdinand Marcos as a great leader and father. However, Ferdinand Marcos' 20-year rule was also characterized by human rights abuses, suppression of dissent, and corruption. In Toni's interview with Bong Bong, he claimed that accounts of abuses during martial law were untrue, which offended some victims and historians. The interview highlighted differing views about the Marcos regime and period of martial law in the Philippines.

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    Bong Bong Marcos viewed his father Ferdinand Marcos as a great leader and father. However, Ferdinand Marcos' 20-year rule was also characterized by human rights abuses, suppression of dissent, and corruption. In Toni's interview with Bong Bong, he claimed that accounts of abuses during martial law were untrue, which offended some victims and historians. The interview highlighted differing views about the Marcos regime and period of martial law in the Philippines.

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    Bong Bong Marcos viewed his father Ferdinand Marcos as a great leader and father. However, Ferdinand Marcos' 20-year rule was also characterized by human rights abuses, suppression of dissent, and corruption. In Toni's interview with Bong Bong, he claimed that accounts of abuses during martial law were untrue, which offended some victims and historians. The interview highlighted differing views about the Marcos regime and period of martial law in the Philippines.

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    Toni’s interview with Bong Bong Marcos

    As the introduction of the interview, Gonzaga discuss Bong Bong Marcos’ life story. Toni's
    conversation with Bong Bong Marcos was one of the highlights of my day. All of Sir Bong's
    ideas inspired and intrigued me. I was astounded by him because everything he'd learned from
    his father was still alive and well in him. Bong Bong viewed her father as a “great leader” as well
    as “great father”. Marcos was a strong face of critics and maintained power for 20 years in the
    way the strong do - cruel, unforgiving, disproportionate to the offenses he thought were being
    taken in opposition to him. As we all know that in September 1972, Marcos declared martial law.
    Many events in the country culminated in the declaration of martial law. This was the start of a
    period of authoritarian governance distinguished by the suppression of journalistic freedom,
    extensive human rights violations, and pillage. The regime was able to reduce violent urban
    crime, collect unregistered firearms, and suppress communist insurgency in some areas while
    enforcing martial law. Despite the fact that these breaches were well documented, myths about
    Martial Law persist, ruining the memories of those who suffered during the period and
    misrepresenting the reality about how the country suffered during this tragic period. Many
    people appear to be unhappy with Toni, and some appear to agree with her after I saw the
    interview and read the comments, which were all complimentary toward Toni. In the eyes of
    others, she did not discuss this problem with Bong Bong in the detail that the topic demanded.
    Instead, she let Bong Bong say that everything stated about his father had been falsehoods, lies,
    and more lies. Toni's biggest blunder here as an interviewer is that Bong Bong was able to get
    away with even more falsehoods thanks to her.

     Some groups, including victims of martial law and the Ateneo martial law museum, were
    offended by what Bong Bong stated about his father. Toni has no influence over Bong Bong's
    father, even if he claims to be a saint and nice. We never hear or see them badmouthing even
    their harshest critics. If we are really genuinely seeking the truth, then we should listen to every
    point and every side of those presenting information with our open-minded thinking. Don't
    blame Marcos if your time back then became miserable because of the militarization and abuse
    by the military; blame the person, not the uniform. We have all different stands and beliefs, but
    you can’t get rid of the Filipino people, whether the Marcos are loved or not by the people.
    However, in such circumstances, I indulge myself in the fact that I am neutral and neither pro-
    BBM nor anti-Martial Law. But I believed that Marcos' time was lovely, that the country was
    prosperous, and that the economy was strong compared to the presidents that came before him.

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