EcoWaste Coalition: Marcos Not A Hero!

We, environmental leaders and activists belonging to EcoWaste Coalition, lament and deplore the burial of dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani last 18 November 2016.

The shameless burial of tyrant Marcos in the pantheon honoring the nation’s heroes and patriots is a gross disrespect and insult to the countless Filipino women and men of courage who toppled the dictatorship and restored our rights and freedoms as a sovereign people.

We reject the hero’s burial for despot Marcos who saddled our people with odious debts, looted our national coffers and engaged in environmentally destructive development projects, including the infamous Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.

As green advocates and defenders of our Mother Earth, we stand in unity with other sectors in upholding democracy, human rights, justice and truth and call upon the Filipino people to make a stand in pursuit of such values amid the challenging times.

Eileen Sison, President, EcoWaste Coalition/IDEAS
Rene Pineda, Secretary, EcoWaste Coalition/CRSF

Mon San Pascual, Treasurer, EcoWaste Coalition/HCWH
Froi Grate, Auditor, EcoWaste Coalition/GAIA
Aileen Lucero, National Coordinator, EcoWaste Coalition
Von Hernandez, Founding Convenor, EcoWaste Coalition
Manny C. Calonzo, Former President, EcoWaste Coalition
Joey C. Papa, Bangon Kalikasan Movement
Noli Abinales, Buklod Tao
Ochie Tolentino, Cavite Green Coalition
Yeb Saño, Greenpeace SEA (Philippines)
Albert Gavino, Green Stage Filipinas Maskara
Sonia Mendoza, Mother Earth Foundation

Tootsie Moreno-Vicente, Mother Earth Foundation
Marie R. Marciano, Saniblakas para sa Inang Kalikasan (SALIKA)
Dr. Ma. Encarnita B. Limpin, FCTC Alliance Philippines (FCAP)
Rommel R. Arriola, Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Philippines
Beau Baconguis
Thony Dizon

Merci Ferrer
Cherry Pareja
Atty. Gloria Estenzo-Ramos