President CORY AQUINO☨iCoN oF DeMoCRaCy TRiBuTe☨MaGKaiSa

Philippines mourns Corazon Aquino, dead at 76 ICON OF DEMOCRACY. Maria Corazon "Cory" Cojuangco Aquino (January 25, 1933 August 1, 2009) was a President of the Philippines and a world-renowned advocate of democracy, peace, women's empowerment, and religious piety. She served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female president of the Philippines and was Asia's first female president.

A self-proclaimed "plain housewife", Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. (19321983), a leading figure in the political opposition against the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. After her husband was assassinated upon his return from exile in the United States on August 21, 1983, Aquino, who had no prior political experience, became a focal point and unifying force of the opposition against Marcos. She was drafted to run against Marcos in the 1986 snap presidential elections. After Marcos was proclaimed the winner despite widespread reports of electoral fraud, Aquino was installed as President by the peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution.

On February 22, 1986, the People Power Revolution was triggered after two key Marcos allies, Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Armed Forces Vice-Chief of Staff Fidel Ramos called on Marcos to resign and holed up in two military camps in Quezon City. Aquino, who was in Cebu City when the revolt broke out, returned to Manila and insisted on joining the swelling crowd that had gathered outside the camps as a human barricade to protect the defectors. On the morning of 25 February 1986, at the Club Filipino in San Juan, Aquino took the presidential oath of office administered by Supreme Court Associate Justice Claudio Teehankee. Marcos himself was sworn into office at Malacañang Palace on that same day, but fled into exile later that night.

The relatively peaceful manner by which Aquino assumed the presidency through the EDSA Revolution won her widespread international acclaim as an icon of democracy. She was selected as Time Magazine's Woman of the Year in 1986. She was also nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize but lost to Elie Wiesel also in 1986. In September 1986, Aquino delivered a speech before a joint session of the United States Congress which was interrupted by applause several times, and which then U.S. House Speaker Tip O'Neill hailed as "the finest speech I've ever heard in my 34 years in Congress." Above the din of cheering officials, Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole said to Mrs. Aquino, "Cory, you hit a home run." Without missing a beat, Aquino smiled and shot back: "I hope the bases were loaded."

The six-year administration of President Aquino saw the enactment of a new Philippine Constitution and several significant legal reforms, including a new agrarian reform law. While her allies maintained a majority in both houses of Congress, she faced considerable opposition from communist insurgency and right-wing soldiers who instituted several coup attempts against her government. Her government also dealt with several major natural disasters that struck the Philippines, as well as a severe power crisis that hampered the Philippine economy. It was also during her administration that the presence of United States military bases in the Philippines came to an end.

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CORY AQUINO, REST IN PEACE January 25, 1933 August 1, 2009,

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[jundelacruz780]

NON SENSE!!!!!!!

[MsMakahiya]

Cory Aquino is a hypocrite. She is not at all the exceptional person she portrayed she is. She is a very vindictive person. How can she be called "a symbol of democracy" when she did not even lift a finger to free their own farmers at Hacienda Luisita from eternal bondage from her greedy clan. She and her family are thieves claiming the land that belongs to the farmers.

[libetta]

@TheNoypiAko

pre mukhang walang nag te take in ng mga points mo, puro kasi sila Cory magic. ngayon si abnoy naman, puro wang wang. haist.

[chesster423]

wala nang pag-asa ang pilipinas.

[TheNoypiAko]

JUst like what many think NOy can't run this country. He can't and will not take an inch to change peoples lives for the better.I'm so sorry for Philippines

[TheNoypiAko]

Yha really filipino's are easily persuaded by the Aquino's lies because they hold media's throat, the people's power has brought nothing but confusion to the mind so narrow. People has voted for somebody like Corazon to revenge and seak justice for her husband....now filipino deemed her as HERO???? WHY???? Why would filipino think that a woman like her can run a country - simple because they think she's (self proclaimed ) as Honest.

[onang321]

who sang this for real u guys ?

[Kissly06]

I personally want to thank the family of President Cory Aquino for giving way to the filipino people to be with her for the last moment. You are very lucky to have them as your parents' and so the filipino people. we salute to the both of them for everything they did to the Philippines,even in a little way...

[lee17]

until now sobrang touch pa rin aq sa nagawa ninyo madam cory.. khit wla pa aq kamuwangan sa mundo that time ngayon q naaapreciate yung nagawa ninyo at ni sen. aquino tunay ngang nakamit na natin ang kalayaan! saludo aq dhil sa pagkamakadios ninyo naging maayos ang pamamalakad ninyo at alam kong masayang masaya na kau madam dahil magkasama na kau ng panginoon sa langit! we will miss you madam! salamat po sa mga nagawa at naiambag ninyo sa sambayang pilipino...

[kistakol]

sa tutuusin hindi naman magulo panahon ni marcos mismo mama kong ang nagsabi imagine natatandaan ko pa i was 2 1/2 yrs old nagaaral nanay ko sa taft panahon ng martial law 1 ng madaling araw siya umuuwi yun nga lang madalas ang browout pero wala namang halso magulo mga kaaway lang ni marcos yung pampagulo pero by the way hanga ako kay cory kase naging president siya kahit hindi official galing sa comelec