President Cory Aquino's last SONA - July 22, 1991 Part 2/5

When opposition Senator Benigno (Ninoy) Aquino was assassinated in August 1983, Filipinos rallied around the widow Corazon Aquino who symbolized all those who were victimized by the Marcos dictatorship. The housewife with no political experience found herself elected president of the Philippines after the overthrow of Marcoses authoritarian rule. As the Philippiness first female president, she presided over the transition to democracy facing the challenges of no less than seven military coups attempting to topple her government. In this 1991 speech, her last State of the Nation Address, she reviewed her term of office, focusing on her husbands ideas and the image of women as moral guardians. Aquino constantly refers to her Catholic religiosity. Note that her speech does not reflect a feminist perspective. Corazon Aquino presided over the transition of government from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one and she did not express an interest in womens issues. After six years in office, she still focuses on her husband and his ideas. Though politically prominent in her own right, Corazon Aquino was perceived to be the alter ego of her husband, a Filipino hero.

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[prinzxela]

i love the way she speak!!! so soft spoken! and when she talks everybody listens!

[patriciaallegro]

sa bawat pahinang may pamamaalam kaie tita cory naiiyak ako

paano nakayah c Joshua

c tiat corry angnagmamahal ng lubusan kai joshua

[learyan]

Worst president of the Philippines... even aroyo had done more than she did

[prinzxela]

@iyot.. Lorong ka gid!

[spacej0ckey]

null  ahnung!

[pinoyfutbol]

listen to the WORST PRESIDENT of this republic...she's so good in her speeches like she has done a lot...

we all know everything she said here were lies...economy during her time went sub zero...foreign debts balooned...geesh - too many to mention...

fact -- i experienced 6 months with no electricity in my region..12 hours brownout in whole of metro manila everyday for 10 months...that was Cory's legacy...

[spacej0ckey]

KAYA WALANG ASENSO ANG PILIPINAS DAHIL ANG MGA BABAE AY KONTENTO LANG NA ANAKAN NG ANAKAN NG KANILANG MISTER NA SABONGERO. LASENGGERO: BUTANGERO; BABAERO.....akala mo naman kung sinong guapo! Dito sa europe ang babae ay nagtatrabaho at ang mga asawang  lasenggero. butangero. sabongero: babaero ay>>>DINE-DEBORSYO!!!

[spacej0ckey]

LUMAKAS ANG LOOB NG MGA PILIPINA NA MANGANAK NG MANGANAK DAHIL INA-ASAHAN NILA NA SI CORY ANG MAGPAPAKAIN SA KANILANG LAHAT....hahahahahahah! At si cory ang magdadasal para sa kanilang KINABUKASAN:

[Djygeneral]

Wag nyong sisihin si Cory ,gumawa sya ng paraan at effort na maibangon ang Pilipinas pero may mga TRAYDOR gaya ni Gringo kasama na ang mga loyalista don ang sumira sa mga ito kaya bumagsak ang ekonomiya, kuha nyo? A simple fact.

At MATINONG PANGULO ang kinakalaban nyo lalo kana Blavat666 at iyot34.Pwe!

[iyot34]

@tatz1976 May karapatan ang taong bayan mag reklamo gago kaya nga nilagay sa PWESTO si CORY para pa unladin ang bayan, eh ano ginawa nya? LALONG BUMAGSAK at marami pang excuse binintang lahat ang ninakaw nila nung [pina alis nila si MARCOS, binintang kang MARCOS ang mga Ninakaw nila! Mga ULOL!

[iyot34]

@prinzxela ULOL! sa panahon ni Cory aquino maraming Cabinet members niya nag resign, bumagsak ang economiya, at NAG KODITA pa, nag tago siya sa ilalim ng Katre...Walang ginawa tuma-as ang Prisyo ng bilihin dahil sa kanya, lumaganap at dumami ang freedom ng Prostitusyun! Kaya Proud ka kasi PROSTITUTE ka gusto mo mag ka pera mag pa kantot dahil wala kang alam sa buhay!

[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 living in luxury on the land that belongs to the farmers.