Imelda Marcos Returns To The Philippines In Today's Memory, November 4, 1991

The wife of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Imelda Marcos. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA Memories of today, 32 years ago, November 4, 1991, the wife of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Imelda Marcos returned to the Philippines. Imelda will face more than 60 legal cases that ensnared his family. Her husband is considered to have robbed money belonging to the Filipino people into one of the important cases that will be revealed.

Previously, President Marcos' leadership was a disgrace for the Philippines. He was able to buy up three crimes at once. Dictators, human rights violators, and corruptors. The Filipino people were angry. Marcos' power was then overthrown.

President Ferdinand Emmanuel Marcos Sr penah's leadership is considered to have brought hope. He is predicted to be a figure who will bring the Philippines to a better direction. He was elected President of the Philippines in 1965. However, the hope is only hope.

Marcos' life is far from improving the people's welfare. Instead of choosing to stand up for the weak, he actually appeared as a repressive leader. He began to perpetuate his power to control the mass media to history.

He also started using a concoction in the style of a world dictator. He used the military to perpetuate corruption and terrorize the people. Whoever fights Marcos' dominance, then a big punishment awaits being 'torted to death.

The narrative of the dictatorship made the whole of the Philippines angry was no joke. They demanded change. The action took to the streets and then echoed everywhere. The breakthrough became even louder because opposition figure Benigno Aquino was crushed by Marcos' regime.

Benigno's death sparked anger throughout the Philippines. Benigno's wife, Corazon Aquino then replaced her husband against him. The revolution scene echoed in every corner of the Philippines. The result was brilliant. The Philippines fill moved to overthrow Marcos' government in 1986.

Marcos and his family who were afraid of being executed then chose to flee to Hawaii with a lot of corruption. Corazon Aquino finally replaced Marcos as the number one person in the Philippines.

Marcos finally stepped down. He and his family fled to Hawaii on February 25, 1986 with millions of United States dollars in cash, jewelry, gold, and stocks. Marcos died at the age of 72 in Honolulu in 1989 due to kidney disease, heart disease, and lungs.

After Marcos' departure, people found a special torture place for political prisoners in Malacanang. They also found a collection of First Lady Imelda Marcos, such as 3,000 pairs of shoes, 500 hamlets, and 200 belts, at Marcos' luxury home in Tacloban, Leyte Island, "explained Iwan Kurniawan in his writing in Tempo Magazine entitled Dark Age The Dictator (2022).

Her husband's death did not keep her wife Imelda Marcos in Hawaii. The Philippine government also allowed Imelda to return to the Philippines. Finally, after a long time, Imelda set foot again in the Philippines on November 4, 1991.

Imelda's presence in the Philippines is considered a form of responsibility for facing various legal demands against her husband. From corruption to violence. The Philippine government hopes that Imelda's return can return the state's money that was previously corrupted.

With his busy schedule at his luxury home in Honolulu, the Filipino people were reminded of the crates of pesos, gold, and gems brought from the Philippines. Imelda is preparing to return to the Philippines to face more than 60 legal cases. The allegation is based on the assumption that she and her husband have robbed billions of US dollars from the country during the 20 years of government.

Manila officials said Imelda could be indicted in his first week in the Philippines on charges of tax fraud. Another charge will be aimed at being able to return at least US$356 million from Marcos' family suspected of being kept in Swiss banks, "a report from The New York Times, November 4, 1991.