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From Amnesty Philippines: EDSA People Power Revolution
From Amnesty Philippines: EDSA People Power Revolution
In 1985, President Marcos Sr. was being pressured by the public and his US allies to declare a snap elections. A group of military officials had also organized a group a few years prior and just went public to call for reforms in the military. In secret, they were planning a coup for the end of the year. However, Marcos Sr. Surprised everyone when he announced on US television that he was declaring snap elections and that he would be running for office. Just two months after an organization formed to call for her Presidency, Cory Aquino – widow of the assassinated Ninoy Aquino – received a petition with more than a million signatures drafting her to run against Marcos.
From Amelia H. C. Ylagan: Remembering the 1986 People Power Revolution
From Amelia H. C. Ylagan: Remembering the 1986 People Power Revolution
How can the epic story of EDSA I ever be erased and history revised, perhaps for self-serving manipulations to ease the consciences and rebuild the reputations of those who were on the “wrong” side of that glorious fight of the Filipinos for democracy and justice? To reverse the “wrong” side to be the “right” side? And vice versa? Meaning, the Filipino people were never the “heroes” of the EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986?
On that first night, people came to EDSA by the thousands with whatever provisions they could offer: pans of pancit, boxes of pizza, tins of biscuits, bunches of bananas. Edwin Lacierda, presidential spokesperson of President Benigno S. Aquino III, was there to witness: “More than a rally,” he recalls, “all of us came to EDSA to break bread and fellowship with all who were willing to stand in the line of fire and take the bullet, as it were, for freedom and change of government.”
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