Celebrating despite our doubts
For as democracies around the globe today falter, we can draw strength from our country’s shining moment in the past and let it shed light on the directions we must take.
Realpolitik
Where these experts and political actors fail is precisely in realpolitik.
FACT-CHECK: Enrile’s claim that Cory Aquino was the ‘real dictator’ lacks context
Cory Aquino’s “revolutionary” charter was intended as a transitory constitution. It stated that ‘during the period of transition to a New Constitution it must be guaranteed that the government will respect basic human rights and fundamental freedoms.’
FACT-CHECK: Ferdinand Marcos Sr. is not the youngest politician ever elected to any public office in the Philippines
A Facebook post claims the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. was the youngest politician elected as mayor, congressman, governor, and senator of the Philippines.
VP Robredo: Ninoy Aquino’s death a ‘defining moment’ among Filpinos
In her statement for Ninoy Aquino Day on Aug. 21, commemorating the 1983 assassination of Aquino at the Manila airport that now bears his name, Vice President Robredo deplored efforts to downplay the slain former senator’s heroism and rehabilitate the Marcos dictatorship.
