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    Corazon Aquino became president of the Philippines in 1986 after the People Power Revolution. Her husband, Benigno Aquino Jr., was imprisoned and exiled for criticizing the Marcos regime but was assassinated when he returned to the Philippines in 1983. After his death, Corazon Aquino led protests against Marcos and was seen as the leader of the anti-Marcos movement. In 1986, she ran for president in the elections and won, becoming the first female president of the Philippines and replacing the dictator Ferdinand Marcos who had imposed martial law.

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    Corazon Aquino became president of the Philippines in 1986 after the People Power Revolution. Her husband, Benigno Aquino Jr., was imprisoned and exiled for criticizing the Marcos regime but was assassinated when he returned to the Philippines in 1983. After his death, Corazon Aquino led protests against Marcos and was seen as the leader of the anti-Marcos movement. In 1986, she ran for president in the elections and won, becoming the first female president of the Philippines and replacing the dictator Ferdinand Marcos who had imposed martial law.

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    Corazon Aquino became president of the Philippines in 1986 after the People Power Revolution. Her husband, Benigno Aquino Jr., was imprisoned and exiled for criticizing the Marcos regime but was assassinated when he returned to the Philippines in 1983. After his death, Corazon Aquino led protests against Marcos and was seen as the leader of the anti-Marcos movement. In 1986, she ran for president in the elections and won, becoming the first female president of the Philippines and replacing the dictator Ferdinand Marcos who had imposed martial law.

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    CORAZON C.

    AQUINO
    BACKGROUND ON HOW
    SHE BECAME PRESIDENT
    Maria Sumulong Cojuangco- Aquino

    O A shy and supportive housewife


    O Having 5 children and a journalist
    husband
    O Her husband was Benigno “Ninoy”
    Aquino Jr., who become an
    outspoken critics of Ferdinand
    Marcos regime.
    O In 1978, Marcos decided Parliamentary
    elections. This cause the first imposition
    of Martial Law which leaded Ninoy to
    fight and campaign democracy even he
    already expected Marcos to win . The
    public overwhlemingly supported Ninoy,
    that led him to jailed.
    O Ninoy’s health was suffering from the
    long imprisonment and by the US
    president Jimmy Carter, Marcos allowed
    the Aquino to go in medical exile in
    States by 1980, they moved in Boston.

    O Until August 21, 1983, Ninoy returned to


    Manila which got him assassinated.
    O The death of Ninoy bring Corazon and the
    people to reconcile which she start to led the
    protest and political demonstrations that made
    her the center of anti-Marcos politics in the
    Philippines.

    O In 1986, she joined the new presidential


    elections and won on Feb. 25, 1986 as the result
    of People Power Revolution and became the
    first female president of the Philippines.
    O
    5 HIGHLIGHTED BY PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO IN HER SPEECH

    1. “ A president-turned-dictator, and traitor to his


    oath.”

    2. “The task had fallen on my shoulders to


    continue offering the democratic alternative
    to our people. “
    3. ”But I was not fighting for lawyers but for the
    people in whose intelligence I had implicit
    faith.”
    4. “Still, we fought for honor, and, if only for
    honor, we shall pay”.

    5. ”Today, I say, join us, America, as we build a


    new home for democracy, another haven for
    the oppressed, so it may stand as a shining
    testament of our two nation’s commitment to
    freedom”.

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