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1. GROUP 4
BIBOSO MANZANARES
DALIPE NACIN
FLORES SALDIVAR
THE SPEECH OF
PRES. CORAZON AQUINO
BEFORE THE U.S. CONGRESS

2. • To declare the freedom of the
Filipinos from the Marcos regime.
• To mark a new beginning for the
Filipinos and to its government.
• To appeal for financial assistance
by informing the Americans about
the Philippines’ state
CONTENT

3. CONTENT
• September 21, 1972 - Marcos declared Martial
Law.
• 1980- Ninoy was jailed by Marcos for eight
years, and Corazon accompanied him into exile
in the United States.
• February 1986 - Corazon run for the
opposition's presidential candidate with
Salvador Laurel as her running mate for vice
president.
• February 25, 1986 - People Power Revolution.
• September 1986 - Corazon Aquino visited
America as she gave a speech before the joint
session of the United States Congress.

4. • NINOY STORIES
• HERDEMOCRATIC
VIEW
• PEOPLE POWER
EVOLUTION
• INSURGENCY
• COMPLIMENTS OF
AMERICA
• LAST PARAGRAPH

5. NINOY STORIES
● Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.
was the husband of Corazon
Aquino
● According to her Ninoy fought
for the democracy of our nation
and was honoured by everyone
during his burial.
● He was locked in a tiny and
airless military camp in the
North.
● Her husband was full of
determination and faith and
God.

6. HER DEMOCRATIC VIEW
• It was included in her speech how the task had fallen in her
shoulder to continue offering the democratic alternative to the
Filipinos.
• After her husband died, she continue fighting for the
democracy of our nation.
• She serves the Filipino people through her democratic view

7. STORY OF PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION
• August 21, 1983- The assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. is the
beginning of Ferdinand Marcos’ downfall.
• The US government thought that Marcos lost his credibility or control of
the people, and so Marcos called for a snap election in February 7,
1986 and the people obliged.
PEOPLE’S VICTORY & POWER
• Due to uncontrolled cheating and violence, snap election is considered
as a fraud.
• Batasang Pambansa declared Ferdinand Marcos the winner together
with his running mate, Arturo Tolentino.
• Defections from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the support
on the local Catholic hierarchy led to the People Power Revolution
that ousted Marcos and secured Aquino’s accession on February 25,
1986.

8. STORY OF PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION
• Juan Ponce Enrile and Fidel V. Ramos helped Cory and
participated to people power.
• At the end of the day, before another wave of fraud could
distort the results, “I announced the people’s victory.”
People Involved In People Power:
1. Juan Ponce EnrileFilipino politician and lawyer
• Protégé of President
• One of the leaders of 1986 People Power Revolution that
drove Marcos from power and into exile.

9. STORY OF PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION
2. General Fidel V. Ramos
• Popularity known as FVR and Eddie
• Filipino General and Politician
• He is the only career military officer who reached the rank of 5-star
admiral who rose from the 2nd lieutenant up to commander-in-chief
of the armed forces.
3. Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin
• Powerful Roman Catholic Archbishop pf Manila who used his
influence to champion his rights of the poor and rally the widespread
resistance that brought down Ferdinand Marcos.
• Radio Veritas for Truth

10. STORY OF PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION
EDSA Revolution
• On February 23, 1986- Brigadier General Artemio Tadiar led to
a pack of tanks and armored vans to Ortigas Avenue.
• On February 24, 1986- government troops joined the crowds
and their peaceful protest.
• On February 25, 1986- 2 presedential elections took place in
Aquino’s at Club Filipino in Greenhills and Marcos’ in
Malacanang.
• Marcos flees the Country (Philippines)
• Millions of Filipinos celebrated his ousting and the world
watches in admiration.

11. STORY OF PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION
For more Information:
• Yellow ribbons were everywhere
• L-shaped Hand Sign
• In 1993. People power monument was sculpted by Eduardo
Castrillo to commemorate the action-packed events
happened in 1986 People Power Revolution.
Success of People Power
• Cory talked about her miraculous victory through the
people’s struggle and continued talking about her earlier
initiatives as president of restored democracy

12. STORY OF PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION
• Cory Aquino boasted about having a restored constitutional
government in which it includes the Bill of Rights.

13. PhilippineDebt
• September 18, 1986 was the first visit of Corazon Aquino
in the United States after the dictator, Ferdinand Marcos
deposed in February
• She expressed her concern about the debt of the country
which amounted to $26 billion during the Marcos Regime
• The dictatorship brought the calamity level experience to
the Filipinos, yet no assistance was yet to be extended to
the Philippines.

14. INSURGENCY
The communist
insurgency and the
economic deterioration
is one of the
challenges she faced
as they tried to rebuild
the democracy.
Communist insurgency
had grown throughout
the Marcos’ era to
more than 500-16,000
guerillas.
The aspiration of the
people is the
abstraction of
Democracy.
Cory asked the US
Congress, Filipinos
want democracy by
themselves and need
only to preserve it.

15. COMPLIMENTS OF AMERICA
■ House Speaker Tip O'Neill called it the "finest speech I've ever heard in my 34 years in
Congress."
■ Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole told her, "Cory, you hit a home run." And House
Minority Whip Trent Lott said, "Let's just say the emotion of the moment saved the
day." It would go down in the annals of our history as one of the former President's
finest speeches.
■ The works of Cory in the Philippine Government
-Under a constitution that already gives full respect to the Bill of Rights.
■ Independent Constitutional Commission
-There will be congressional elections.

16. ■ The people stand fast by democracy against threats and corruption.
- Women poll watchers tied themselves to the ballot box.
- People were prepared to give their life
■ At the end of the day, Cory announced people’s victory.
- People proclaimed Cory as president
- Military leaders declared themselves against the dictatorship
Extraordinary manifestation of democracy on the part of Filipino People
election of Cory C. Aquino as the President and Salvador Laurel as the vice president.
 Cory showed gratification in behalf of Filipino people for the balancing America’s
strategic interest against human concerns, illuminates the American Vision to the
world.
COMPLIMENTS OF AMERICA

17. 3 YEARS AFTER
Cory gave thanks to America
for the haven from oppression,
and the home they gave to
Ninoy, herself and their
children that enables
them to live the happiest
three years of
their lives.
3 YEARS AGO
Cory invites the
America to join the
Philippines and
preserve their
freedom
LAST PARAGRAPH

18. CITATION
TEDDY LOCSIN JR.
• He is a Filipino politician.
• He served as secretary of the Department
of Foreign Affairs (DFA), permanent
representative of the Philippines to the
United Nations and congressman of Makati
City, Philippines.

19. COMMUNICATION
PERSPECTIVE
•As a victim of Marcos’ cruel
regime
•As the faithful wife of
Senator Benigno Aquino
•As the People’s Champion
•As the Mother of Asian
Democracy

20. CONTEXT
• The speech of Aquino was influenced by the situation of the country after
the Marcos’ administration. The country was left in an oppressed situation
for over more than one decade. This caused the Filipino citizens to be left
and be burdened with the debt committed by Marcos during his regime,
which they did not receive any benefit from. The dust of the Martial Law was
ony starting to settle, but the Philippines was reckoning with everything
Marcos’ administration had inflicted. Hat included the $26 billion in total
foreign debt, and a communist insurgency that grew, throughout the Marcos
era, from 500 armed guerillas to 16,000.

21. CONNECTIONS
• In Cory’s speech which was penned by Teddy Locsin Jr., she
highlighted a particular event that happened to her husband in the
hands of the powerful dictator. In connection with it, she provided
detailed information on how she took a stand to set free the Filipino
people to fight against the Marcos regime. She also mentioned how
she experienced the corruption under the commission on election and
she also praised the people’s bravery to face the injustice system to
have a revolution.

22. CONCLUSIONS
• The former president Corazon Aquino's speech provides us with insights into
the Filipino people's struggle for freedom and how past acts of steadfast resistance
have influenced present Filipino revolutionaries. Additionally, it clarifies what
actually occurred when Ninoy Aquino was president. The challenges the Aquino’s
underwent to aid the Philippines in achieving freedom are detailed in the document.
The debt committed by the previous administration preceding Cory Aquino was also
noted in the text. This lecture also demonstrates how a dictatorship becomes a
democratic system of government down to its president's laws, order, and
regulations.

23. CONCLUSIONS
The document also mentions Ninoy Aquino's murder and the horror caused by
torture and imprisonment during Martial Law. It also reveals the issues Cory
Aquino faced as soon as she came to power, such as unemployment and
poverty. After Ninoy Aquino's passing, two elections were referenced in the
document. His wife took part in the election and came in last in the first
round. She was elected president during the second, which was a quick
election, and proclaimed democracy in the nation.

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