Aside from the confession that while getting older and having more shoes, Imelda Marcos expressed her thoughts and her little more personal life.
She said that at the age of 82 (she has just celebrated her birthday), she doesn’t have any regrets about her past and her long existence relies on her attitudes and philosophies.
“The body ages but the spirit does not and if the spirit is fed and energized with the right, beautiful and good values, the spirit will never get old,” said the beauty icon and representative at the same time.
The she added…
“When you are in a problem and you are kind of lost in this world, just look at heaven and the heavens is wider than the earth. Mas maraming solution kesa sa problema.”
She also expressed her feelings about the decision of the palace of not allowing a hero’s burial for former president Ferdinand Marcos.
“Can you imagine, a man like Ferdinand, a man with 32 (during World War II) medals, and yet he (referring to Aquino) does not honor the awards given by our allies?” the former first lady said.
“Takot na takot ako. I am afraid of him (talking to Aquino again) especially on things like that…when people do not make good decisions,” she added.
Imelda said it was a great injustice to the dead if the Aquino administration would continue to deprive the former president and her husband the honorable burial that they are asking for. The lady insisted that former president Marcos deserves such honor.
As remembered, the Marcos family pleads to bury their patriarch in the Libingan ng mga Bayani which is known as the final resting place of presidents, secretaries, and militaries who gave and brought honor to the country and those that make great contribution in the general welfare.
Ferdinand Marcos, by history, declared the martial law in the country last September 21, 1971 during his reign. He died in Hawaii on September 28, 1989 due to kidney failure and his body was returned in the Philippines about ten years after his exile.
His body is preserved in Ilocos Norte, Batac specifically, for so many years in the hope of the family that he will be granted with permission to bury with hero’s burial.
President Noynoy Aquino, the son of Ninoy who was the prime critic of the Marcos was firm in saying in an interview that hero’s burial for Marcos will not happened during “his watch”.
In an attempt to let the issue sick, Vice President Binay suggested and proposed that the former president will be buried in the Marcos’ hometown with full military honors.
However, the Iron Butterfly reacted on this matter.
“When you show honor, there should be no limit,” Imelda said. “I was a little disappointed because he went on a long trail of expensive survey and 70 percent approved an honorable burial.”
In all of these, Imelda relies in the divine providence and is giving everything to God.
“There’s always an answer, a divine plan. What the Lord awaits for him is not (just) an honorable burial but a sacred burial.”
