MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr on Saturday, June 11, said the planned burial of his father, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr, in the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) will bring closure for the country.

“I think it will bring closure not only to my family but to the rest of the country. This is something that has been somehow in the consciousness of the Filipino people. This continuing partisan exchange that has been going over 30 years can finally be put to rest. I think that is the significance,” Marcos said in a press conference on Saturday.