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It’s 25 years after. The nation is now commemorating that overwhelming victory of ousting the dictator, the late President Ferdinand Marcos. What does the EDSA Revolution mean to you?
The celebration might mean different from people who actually witnessed and experienced the life when the Philippines is under martial law and the younger generation who barely knew what happened during those times. The country is still under the Marcos regime when I was born but it was only through a number of History classes back in school that I learned what the Yellow Revolution meant for us Filipinos.
I couldn’t imagine how frightening it was back then. I couldn’t imagine how patriotic people were during those times. I couldn’t imagine how many heroes emerged from the most unexpected parts of the society.
The EDSA Revolution meant everything for every Filipino 25 years ago, although it meant the end for the Marcoses and for their supporters. Balsy Aquino-Cruz exclaimed that probably, PNoy was destined to be president 25 years after the People Power Revolution. I was scrutinizing PNoy’s face earlier on tv while the program in EDSA officially commenced. I don’t know why but I was expecting the President to be emotional. He became the most powerful Filipino 25 years after the revolution that changed the life of their family surprised the world.
Freedom. Democracy. Peaceful revolt. These three characterizes the intention of the people’s uprising on EDSA in 1986. Twenty-five years later, do we still know the true meaning of freedom, democracy, and peaceful revolt?
There are nations experiencing the same civil unrest right now. Could they learn from our EDSA Revolution? Could our People Power revolt influenced the people in Libya, Bahrain, and Egypt?
Although it united the Filipinos then, we do not want another revolution in EDSA or in any other parts of the Philippines just to show the world that we are one. We can be one for too many good reasons for to many good benefits. Unity should not only be observed in ousting a corrupt, selfish leader. Unity should flourish in helping out a leader succeed in making a better country for the people – and that means every single day of our lives.
I don’t know if it’s just my being emotional that’s working each time I hear songs from the EDSA Revolution. But those songs perfectly hit right through the nationalism hiding in me – no matter how unapparent they may seem.
This is one of the EDSA Revolution songs which had touched our hearts and has been reviving the Filipino pride in us, each time we remember the People Power Revolution. Uploaded by ABSCBNonline in YouTube, this features ASAP Rocks artists and their rendition of Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo, originally done by the APO Hiking Society.
Nice reading your passage thank you very much for sharing it to our kababayans…what happened to Edsa 25 years ago was a profound history for every Filipinos not only in the Philippines itself but across the globe, it was a history that cannot be eradicate in the minds of everyone, nor it will reminisce from era to era..it just showed to poeple all over the universe that Filipinos were fearless enough to fight for democracy..Can some countries like Libya, Yemen, & Brunei are unified enough to fight for their rights..Eygptians consolidated themselves to oust their leader and they were victorious..LONG LIVE THE FILIPINOS–MABUHAY
Thanks Aurora. And long live the Filipinos! 🙂