Senator Imee Marcos offered her condolences to the Aquino family, their political rival, over the passing of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.
Aquino was rushed to the Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City on the morning of June 24, 2021. The former president had been undergoing dialysis for the past five months and had undergone a heart operation recently.
“My heartfelt condolences to the family of former President Benigno C. Aquino III, a ‘classmate’ in Congress from 1998 to 2007,” Sen. Marcos said in a statement.
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“For beyond politics and much public acrimony, I knew Noynoy as a kind and simple soul,” she furthered.
Marcos said she will treasure the memories she had with Aquino when they both served as representatives of their respective provinces.
“I will always treasure the memories of our long years together as freshmen legislators and members of a tiny opposition,” Marcos said.
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“He will be deeply missed.”
Imee’s father, former strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos, ordered the arrest of senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., during his dictatorial regime.
The Marcoses were ousted from power in the 1986 EDSA Revolution which paved the way for the restoration of democracy under the leadership of then-President Corazon Aquino.
