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40-year political enmity ends with visit to Cory wake

Published by Ellen on August 4, 2009

by Gerard Naval
Malaya

Imee Marcos and Lisa Araneta-Marcos with Aquino grandchildren
Aimee Marcos and Lisa Araneta-Marcos with Aquino grandchildren
The death of former President Corazon Aquino has managed to unite two of the bitterest rival families in the country’s political history that goes back at least 40 years: the Marcos’s and the Aquinos.

At about 2:30 p.m. yesterday, Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and his sister Imee, a former congresswoman, arrived at the Manila Cathedral to pay their respects to the icon of democracy.

They were received by Mrs. Aquino’s daughter, Ballsy Aquino Cruz, and grandsons Kiko Dee and Jiggy Cruz.

The Marcos siblings immediately proceeded to the coffin and said prayers, after which they exchanged pleasantries with the Aquinos.

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