Atom: Cayetano's comparison to Ninoy Aquino, use of 'Laban' sign insulting

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s comparison of his group’s political struggle in the Senate to the fight waged by the late opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. against the Marcos dictatorship is “laughable,” “insulting” and “delusional,” a progressive group said. The August Twenty-One Movement (Atom) in a statement on Saturday also called Cayetano “Lapastangan” for invoking the iconic “Laban” sign associated with the anti-authoritarian movement. “The delusions of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano know no bounds, as he compared their so-called ‘struggle’ in the Senate to that of the fight of Senator Ninoy Aquino against the Marcos Sr. dictatorship,” […]...

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