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Philippine government's historian resigns over dictator's burial
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A Filipino boy walks beside poster slogans with pictures of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos during a rally at Manila's Rizal Park, Philippines, Friday Nov. 25, 2016. (AP/Aaron Favila)
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he Philippine government's top historian has resigned to protest the president's decision to allow the burial of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a heroes' cemetery, in a growing political storm over the entombment.
Maria Serena Diokno said in her resignation letter Tuesday that she will join protests against the Nov. 18 burial, including one scheduled at a pre-democracy shrine on Wednesday.
Diokno, who was chairwoman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, said Duterte could have blocked Marcos's burial in the cemetery despite a Supreme Court decision that dismissed petitions against the entombment.
Diokno said the burial was wrong and "mocks the collective action we took to oust the dictator."
Marcos was ousted in a 1986 "people power" revolt. His presidency was marked by largescale corruption and human rights violations.
