HINILING ni Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman sa Korte Suprema na ipahukay ang mga labi ni dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB).
“The exhumation is also to effectively censure and discipline the public respondents and the Marcoses for their contumacious disrespect against the Honorable Supreme Court and its processes, even as the premature and surreptitious burial revealed in bold relief the despicable chicanery of the Marcoses which is an affront against the Filipino nation and the Honorable Supreme Court itself,” sabi ni Lagman sa kanyang inihaing mosyon.
Idinagdag ni Lagman na dapat isailalim ang inilibing sa LNMB sa forensic examination para matiyak kung mga labi nga ni Marcos ang nakalagak dito o isa lamang wax replica niya.
“The right of a party to file a motion for reconsideration partakes of due process. Such right is impaired and due process is derailed if a decision which is not final and executory is prematurely enforced or executed, like in the case at bar,” dagdag ni Lagman.
Matatandaang palihim na inilibing ang mga labi ni Marcos sa LNMB noong Nobyembre 18.
“The finality of the necessary lifting of the status quo ante order is contingent on the finality of the main decision. Consequently, pending finality of the main decision, the lifting of the status quo ante order also pends,” sabi pa ni Lagman.
Nangako rin si Lagman na maghahain ng kasong contempt laban kina Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Ricardo Visaya at Rear Adm. Ernesto Enriquez, deputy chief of staff for reservist and retiree affairs.