MANILA, Sept 11 (AP) - Human rights activists in the Philippines rejected on Saturday (Sept 10) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s move to proclaim the birthday of his late father, an ousted dictator, a special holiday in their northern home province.
Marcos Jr., who took office in June after a landslide election victory, authorized the declaration of the non-working public holiday in Ilocos Norte province on Monday for celebrations marking the 105th birth anniversary of his namesake father. The dictator was ousted in an army-backed pro-democracy revolt in 1986.
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