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00:00Various groups gathered to commemorate the 38th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution.
00:08According to Malacanang, they are still encouraging people to remember EDSA, even if it is not declared a non-working holiday.
00:16Watch this, by Rafi Pima.
00:23The busy road, where the heavy traffic flows almost every day,
00:30sometimes became a witness to the historic movement of the people of the country,
00:34the peaceful proclamation.
00:39The former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who took office more than 20 years ago,
00:45left his position as a pioneer in People Power.
00:48Some groups marched today to the People Power Monument.
00:52There was no permit to broadcast the program there, so they were placed in White Plains Avenue.
00:56The police guarded the historic monument,
01:00while the rallyists gathered in their makeshift stage on the side of Cap Aguinaldo.
01:05The priests and mothers were at the front of the podium,
01:08to pay their respects to the people of the Church,
01:11who were part of the EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986.
01:14If the people are united,
01:18no force can break the silence of truth.
01:26According to the PNP,
01:27more than 6,000 people participated in the rally.
01:31Most of them are young people.
01:33EDSA is not a road.
01:35EDSA is every Filipino.
01:37The democracy that we enjoy today is because of the EDSA.
01:41EDSA is a reflection of our unity,
01:44and we should celebrate it every year.
01:47The annual celebration continues,
01:49but earlier, the EDSA trip continued with students and workers,
01:52because there is an entrance, even if it's a holiday.
01:54Unlike some universities in Metro Manila,
01:56and some schools in Bohol,
01:58that declared that there is no entrance.
02:00Online classes are also not allowed in 50 Catholic schools.
02:04If February 25 used to be a special non-working holiday,
02:08now it's a special working holiday.
02:10For some experts,
02:12this is a step to minimize the importance of the 1986 People Power Revolution.
02:17According to a law professor who also has a degree in historical revisionism,
02:21not to worry, it's a simple way to distort history.
02:25It will be more open to wider reinterpretation,
02:30even distortion of what has been already settled.
02:33Maybe now they are more open to thinking that
02:37martial law is not that bad,
02:40or maybe the human rights violations of martial law are not that serious.
02:46But Anya, there should be no debate.
02:49More than 11,000 human rights victims were documented in martial law,
02:54that's why they were given compensation by the Human Rights Victims Claims Board.
02:58According to a history professor,
03:00it's dangerous if someone remembers or doesn't remember what happened back then.
03:04Historical distortion can also mean impunity.
03:10There is no answer for those who are in positions in the past or in the present
03:16that they can violate the rights of the people just like that.
03:23Tugunang Malacanang
03:24February 25 is declared a special working day,
03:28and I think it is the prerogative of the President.
03:32And when we say special working day,
03:35still, there is encouragement to people to commemorate,
03:41to join any event,
03:44and it will not hinder any activity to commemorate the EDSA People Power.
03:55Since the time he became President,
03:57we haven't heard any stoppage of any events,
04:02any activities that can commemorate the event.
04:06The National Historical Commission of the Philippines
04:08held a wreath laying at the People Power Monument this morning.
04:11The NHCP gate is an important monument of the EDSA People Power
04:15that brought back democracy to the Philippines.
04:18In Tarlac, some members of the Aquino family built the EDSA People Power Revolution.
04:23Tomorrow, the Aquino Center and Museum will be reopened after two years of renovation.
04:27The book launching of the book about former President Noy-Noy Aquino
04:31will be held on the new opening of the museum,
04:33The Life of Politics and Privacy of Former Senator Noy-Noy Aquino,
04:36Former President Cory Aquino,
04:38and Former President Noy-Noy Aquino.
04:41For GMA Integrated News, I am your host, Rafi Timang.
04:44Saksi!
04:53Salud!