Day commemorating 1986 People Power Revolution omitted from official list of holidays for 2024
Fri 13 Oct 2023 13.20 CESTThe Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has dropped a public holiday marking the anniversary of a revolution that toppled his dictator father, further fuelling concerns his family is seeking to “whitewash” history.for more than two decades until he was ousted by the peaceful People Power Revolution of February 1986, when hundreds of thousands took to the streets. The Marcos family was forced to flee the country, and sought exile in Hawaii.
Thousands of political opponents were tortured, arrested and disappeared during Marcos Sr’s time in office, while asThis year, the holiday was moved to a Friday, while a presidential proclamation listing holidays for 2024 omits the anniversary entirely. “Even if the government of Marcos the son strips EDSA 1986 of any official recognition, the people’s commemoration next year will matter more,” it said, referring to another name for the revolution.
In a statement, Marcos’s office said it “maintains respect for the commemoration of the EDSA People Power Revolution” but that the date was not included as a non-working holiday because it fell on a Sunday.
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