Imee Marcos seizes martial law narrative
IMEE Marcos with former NPA cadres Ka Peter (Matuc) and Ka Eric (Jeffrey Celiz) and Marcos supporters. | PHOTOGRAPH BY YUMMIE DINGDING FOR THE DAILY TRIBUNE
illustration by glenzkie tolo
Imee Marcos is fashionably late for her own media conference.
Which is a good thing. It gives me ample time to have a look-see around the venue, the old Marcos residence in San Juan — one of the few properties that wasn't sequestered after the Edsa Revolt because Ferdinand E. Marcos had owned it before he became president in 1965.
Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos wooden sculpture. | PHOTOGRAPH BY POCHOLO CONCEPCION FOR THE DAILY TRIBUNE
A woman of slight build, in blue uniform, leaned against an archway. She's been on the job as a helper for only two months — no, not in this mansion, she clarified, but in the other house across the street.
"Kaninong bahay?" I ask.
"Senator Imee," she says in a soft voice.
Cherub with rosary. | PHOTOGRAPH BY POCHOLO CONCEPCION FOR THE DAILY TRIBUNE
