The Demonised Marcos

Marcos left a legacy that was considerably positive. Yet in the writing of history, it has been made to look very negative. That positive legacy was reduced by his mistakes and shortcomings. But in truth Marcos is the best president this country has ever had. Some of the blame must fall on those who implemented the post‐Marcos transition. Those who succeeded him failed to capitalise wholly and in effect on what he had left behind. The bigger blame for that failure to seize on his economic accomplishments was that of his direct successors. Though Cory Aquino was indisputably truthful and well‐intentioned, she by slapdash choice, lack of experience, or utter lack of understanding failed to turn opportunity into missed chances. Through a policy of disagreement of Marcos’s accomplishments, vindictiveness, and the exaggeration of his faults, the successor government made wrong decisions that have led to the crippling of the nation’s hurdle in the economic realm.