Imelda Marcos’s address
Sir, — Sadly we rend that the United Nations conference on women was addressed by Imelda Marcos. We were aghast at her topic, “Let us act for humanity.” We had watched her open a multi-million dollar “Imelda” complex on Manila waterfront. Nearby, hidden frohi tourist eyes by a high fence was the world’s largest slum. We talked with a slum leader just freed by international pressure from torture. She did not look enchantingly feminine — breasts marked with cigarette burns; terminals from breasts to genitals arid electricity turned on. This is the everyday life for those who show any resistance to the sadistic, enchantingly feminine Imelda. We hold documentary evidence from a Commission of Catholic Bishops that proves the horrors the Marcos pair have used to hold absolute power. We have talked with victims and their families. “Acting for humanity” and Imelda Marcos is total, 'ghastly paradox. — Yours, etc., BERYL SWEET, GEORGE SWEET, BARBARA SURTEES, HAROLD SURTEES. August 1, 1980.
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Press, 5 August 1980, Page 16
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