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The legacy of former President Corazon C. Aquino as an icon of the revival of democracy cannot be commensurately recognized by renaming EDSA in her honor.

Press Statements
  • Office of the Minority Leader
  • Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
  • 24 November 2011
  • 0916-6406737 / 0918-9120137

 

               The legacy of former President Corazon C. Aquino as an icon of the revival of democracy in the Philippines cannot be commensurately recognized by renaming EDSA in her honor.

               EDSA must remain as EDSA to memorialize and immortalize the unrelenting collective efforts of the masses of Filipinos, particularly the workers, peasants and students, which culminated in the ouster of the Marcos dictatorship.

               The peaceful Philippine People Power Revolution is acclaimed worldwide as the “EDSA Revolution”, a triumphant uprising not of one person but of nameless and common Filipinos.

                EDSA must not be changed as it is a constant reminder to the tyrannical tendencies of national leaders, now and in the future, and to uphold at all times the supremacy of the Constitution and the ascendency of the rule of law.

               While Rep. Relampagos has noble motives in legislating the change of name, such good intentions cannot justify the alteration of history.