It has been two years this week, April 27, 2018 to be exact, since the Lola statue along Roxas Boulevard in Manila was surreptitiously removed by the Duterte administration in order not
“The Japanese has paid early for that. Yung reparation started many years ago. So huwag na lang natin insultuhin,” President Duterte said in justifying the removal stressing that it is not the policy of the Philippine government to offend other nations.
Four months later, the statue was dismantled under cover of darkness on April 27, 2018, by the Department of Public Works and Highways , allegedly for a drainage improvement project, but seen as submission to protests from Japan. Roces’ explanation is deemed unacceptable by the Flowers-for-Lolas. The statue cannot easily be transferred from one place to another; it took a small crane to remove it from its original location at Roxas Boulevard more than a year ago.
Even if it is a reminder of a painful past, the Lola statue honors the memory, courage, and resilience of these Filipino women. The Lola statue is meant to show that there was a war crime in World War II, and that is military sexual slavery. This must not be forgotten, especially now when most victims are old, starting to pass away, and with their death, the issue must not die down with them.
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