VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos wrongly claims family landed ‘with nothing’ when exiled in Hawaii
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos wrongly claims family landed ‘with nothing’ when exiled in Hawaii
November 23, 2023
By VERA FILES
Recalling their six-year exile following the 1986 People Power Revolution, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his family had “nothing” when they arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii where they were flown from Malacañan Palace with the ouster of his father as head of state. This is false.
STATEMENT
In a Nov. 18 meeting during his side trip from the U.S. mainland, Marcos thanked the Filipino and Filipino-American communities in Honolulu who, he said, “kept (them) alive” during their years in exile. Then, he recalled:
“We landed here in Honolulu with nothing, with nothing. My family was flown from Malacañan Palace to Hickam Air Force Base and when we finally move[d] to Makiki Heights. Kayong lahat, nakikita ko kayo nandoon kayong lahat. I know – they were always there. We had nothing with us. They kept everything to inspect everything.”
(We landed here in Honolulu with nothing, with nothing. My family was flown from Malacañan Palace to Hickam Air Force Base and when we finally move[d] to Makiki Heights. All of you, I saw that you all were there, I know – they were always there. We had nothing with us. They kept everything to inspect everything.)
Source: RTVMalacañang, Meeting with the Filipino Community in Hawaii (Speech) 11/18/2023, Nov. 18, 2023, watch from 2:38 to 3:07
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