Source: ANN
Brig. Gen. Nicanor Dolojan has �no regrets� for what he did 25 years ago.
A junior officer at the time, Dolojan was part of the Presidential Security Command (PSC) which was securing the Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his family who were holed up in Malaca?ang (presidential palace).
�I was on the other fence, one of the young officers assigned at the Presidential Security Command with President Marcos,� recalled Dolojan, the former commander of Task Force Basilan.
He said his unit was tasked with preventing angry protesters from getting into Malaca?ang and was positioned at the Nagtahan Bridge near the Palace gates.
Dolojan said that he was saddened when he saw soldiers backed by hundreds of people trying to break the PSC�s security cordon.
"I was saddened because the government forces, the same forces were fighting each other," he said.
He said his unit stood their ground until the Marcoses were able to safely get out of Malaca?ang.
According to Dolojan, he was just doing his job and defending the Constitution.
But even then, he said he could not avoid asking "where we were going".
"I was young, I didn�t know what was really going on and I just wanted to serve the country," he said.
"I have no regrets about doing my job," Dolojan said.
That dedication nearly cost him his job too, he said.
For three months, he was placed on floating status before being assigned to the Department of National Defense.
Download our free toolbar here
Brig. Gen. Nicanor Dolojan has �no regrets� for what he did 25 years ago.
A junior officer at the time, Dolojan was part of the Presidential Security Command (PSC) which was securing the Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his family who were holed up in Malaca?ang (presidential palace).
�I was on the other fence, one of the young officers assigned at the Presidential Security Command with President Marcos,� recalled Dolojan, the former commander of Task Force Basilan.
He said his unit was tasked with preventing angry protesters from getting into Malaca?ang and was positioned at the Nagtahan Bridge near the Palace gates.
Dolojan said that he was saddened when he saw soldiers backed by hundreds of people trying to break the PSC�s security cordon.
"I was saddened because the government forces, the same forces were fighting each other," he said.
He said his unit stood their ground until the Marcoses were able to safely get out of Malaca?ang.
According to Dolojan, he was just doing his job and defending the Constitution.
But even then, he said he could not avoid asking "where we were going".
"I was young, I didn�t know what was really going on and I just wanted to serve the country," he said.
"I have no regrets about doing my job," Dolojan said.
That dedication nearly cost him his job too, he said.
For three months, he was placed on floating status before being assigned to the Department of National Defense.
