TV5 Presidente gap 6 Aquino

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My goal in life is simple, to be fair to my parents and to the people. As a good son, a good
brother, and a good citizen. The word necropolitics was invented because of the politicians who
were influenced by their relatives.

Benigno Aquino III, or Pinoy, is one of the best examples of this. After the death of his mother,
Corrie Aquino, in 2009, the citizens called for a re-election of one Aquino in Malacanang. And
now that his term is almost over, it will be known if his candidacy will pass the public's eyes, if
he will vote for the candidate he endorsed this election.

Benigno Simeon Aquino III, or Noy-Noy, is the only son of former President Corrie and former
Senator Noy Aquino who did not accept that he will be crowned as the 15th President of the
Republic of the Philippines. I did not expect that we would reach this point, that I will be
crowned as the 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines. It is hard to be the son of two
leaders who became a big part of the history of our country.

His last name can be considered both a blessing and a punishment. At a young age, Noy-Noy
was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of raising his family. Each one of you, to suffer the
penalty of death by fighting squad.

When we thought that our dad will be put in jail, he was like, you are now in charge of your
mother and your siblings. Looking back now, that is too much for a teenager. In those days,
many people were blind, but we were able to see through the darkness of a person.

I think he was too serious. These days, sometimes he was too strict. Sometimes he would say, I
am older than you.

Maybe he was used to being the man of the house. He should protect our mom and us, his
sisters. All this time, President Noy was behind the scenes.

It was like he was letting his siblings and his mother shine. In 1987, Akino was put on the
headlines when the military raided Malacayang. Noy-Noy's car was rained on by bullets outside
the palace.

His three bodyguards were killed. Noy-Noy was hit by four bullets. But until now, one bullet is
still in his chest.

Some were saved, including the first PNP chief, Allan Purisima. Noy-Noy was also a student of
former President Gloria Arroyo at the Ateneo School of Economics. In 1998, Akino was the first
to take up politics.

He ran and won as a congressman in the 2nd district of Tarlac, the baluarte of his family, and
where his Ascenda Luisita can be found. I guess you can't avoid it because both sides of the
family really took up politics. But for him, the first time he said he wanted to be a candidate was
in 1992.

That's when my mother lost her power. Because that was my mom's rule. While I was the
president, no one wanted to be in politics.

Even though he became a politician, his name didn't make much noise. When his mother fell ill
and died in 2009, Noy-Noy was one of the senators. It was also a very difficult decision because
it wasn't part of the plan.

Our goal was really my mom's last days. Even when she died, it was just the beginning. You'd
get a text saying that she should be the vice president.

You'd say, what kind of joke is this? It's like, let's take a break. You know, let's grieve in private
first. We saw that she had a lot of problems.

She said, if I don't move, there's something I can do. When he ran for president, Noy-Noy used
the color yellow, which was his mother's first choice. With a vote of 15 million, he won the
election in 2010.

And the packaging of the student was the opposite of his professor, P.G.M.A. Let's shout in the
campaign, if there's no corruption, there's no poverty. They made the people believe that Pinoy
represents the opposite of Gloria, that he was good and Gloria was bad. They did that.

The people believed, and that's why he won. Because if you look at Pinoy's political career, it's
not true that he was in the opposition. At the time of Gloria, he was on the side of Gloria in
Congress.

He was the deputy speaker. I know my life to make sure that our democracy benefits everyone.
In the first zone, he was on the side of Arroyo and his allies.

Some say that I'm personalizing the pursuit of the people. It's true. For me, it's personal to do
the right thing.

Many things happened in this administration that many people didn't expect that President Noy
would do. Political will, I think, is something that every leader should have. It's not easy.

The determination to bring reform to our country requires a strong political will. But this was
called by his critics as selective justice or the pursuit of his opponents in politics. The
introduction of the new ombudsman former Supreme Court Justice Conchita Carpio Morales
We will have a country that will never be a country.

The people supported you. You should have reasoned about politics. He spent a lot of his time
and effort running after the political opposition.
He put Chief Justice Corona first. The government spent a lot on him. After the conviction of
Chief Justice Renato Corona, those who voted to convict were allotted an additional 15 million
pesos.

There was selective justice. For the first time, a senator was imprisoned during their tenure.
While the country was under surveillance and there was no forgiveness from the enemy, the
Philippines took care of the KKK or friends, class, and gunmen.

Most of them were arrested by the government. Some were involved in controversies and
disputes, but were not punished. That's why I assigned you.

Because if you commit, you will be hit by a stone. They are very attached to us. We are family
and friends.

This can be seen in all presidents, but the way they are attached, that's when the crisis starts.
For example, the Hong Kong hostage crisis. I will shoot you.

That's a DILG problem because it's the police. But he didn't give the police powers to Jesse
Robredo, who is the secretary. He gave it to Puno, who is his friend now.

What happened? There was a mismanagement of the Hong Kong crisis. When the bomb
exploded, Mendoza was handcuffed. His body was tied to the boss' door.

He was handcuffed. Because your DILG can't escape. But you gave the information to Alan
Purisima, his friend.

We are family and friends. Objectively speaking, that's one of the big problems of the Aquino. I
will bring this to the end of my days.

It's my responsibility. I will bring them to justice, along with the entire force of this operation,
including those who saved them, who were also put in danger. Since the inaugural speech in
Luneta, Pinoy has been called the boss of the Filipino mass.

But what Puno usually gives to the President is what he seems to give to the pulse of most
people. For example, the Freedom of Information Bill that was promised by his first son. There
are specific conditions when you will do something urgent.

Let's not forget that there are other pending legislatures for the last remaining session based
on the current Congress. You know, the first Freedom of Information Bill was filed 27 years ago.
That's a long time for a bill to not do anything and not pass muster.

I'm for it. I think it should be passed. Public Works was a sterling example of good
performance.

I think DOTC is a sterling example of incompetence and failure. I think it's really performed
terribly. And I don't think there's no amount of excuses that can be given for the sad state of
our public transportation, of our airports, and all of those things.

I mean, I cannot understand until now why we could not deal with those things more decisively.
One of the biggest scandals that erupted under the administration of President Aquino was the
DAP, or the Disbursement Acceleration Program. It was declared illegal by the Supreme Court,
but it seems like there was no punishment for the focus on the nation's concerns.

That's 140 plus billion pesos. You know, there are local government officials. For example, you
have money in drugs and medicine.

There was a typhoon and you used it to buy canned goods. That's called technical malversation.
You'll go to jail for that.

In fact, some of them, the ombudsman said, you'll go to jail for that. It's just a small thing,
right? This 140 billion, no one will go to jail. The Supreme Court said it was illegal and
unconstitutional.

So, to me, you can say that there is no respect for the budget process. Jokno also had to think
about why the government spent so much money. It was also not possible for the Filipinos to
maintain the good reputation that the country is now enjoying, which was called the Rising
Tiger of Asia because of our growing economy.

2010, the economy grew by 7.6, I think. 7.6. That's the strongest. Okay? That's what the Filipinos
are claiming.

That's their fault. That's wrong. Okay? Because public policy works with a lag.

Because the Filipinos entered on July 1, 2010. So, no matter what they did from July to
December 2010, it had no impact on the economy. Because that was probably the second
quarter of 2011.

Now, the one C130 that we can use is already three. And our target is to get two more. The
points that can be avoided in the current administration is the AFP modernization and the face
of the territorial dispute against China.

It is clear that we are going to divide the whole world. What is in the Philippines is in the
Philippines. Our experience during the dictatorship was bad.

So, when there was democracy, the armed forces and even the police had a hard time returning
the sympathy of the people to them. That's why all those who became president did not think
that the armed forces should be modernized. Now, the capabilities are gradually being added.

Equipment-wise, technological-wise, the Philippine Armed Forces showed how strong the
resilience of the president in fighting China. The president is firm. This government is firm that
we are in a multilateral approach.
Because we cannot engage China in what they want to happen bilaterally. Because we are
small. And China is stronger and more powerful.

And in his famous speech in June, it is clear that the Philippine government will leave the strong
fight against corruption. Quality of governance was the big difference in the Philippine
administration. Number one, because the president himself walked the talk.

I mean, he is an honest man. And it's clear that there's no huge corruption scandal attached to
his name even now. That set the tone.

And when that tone was set, and it became clear that the levels of corruption in the country,
while of course still present, was significantly reduced. And I think the most dramatic example
is in public works. Thank you very much.

President Benigno S. Aquino III. The current government also has high expectations of the
president's high trust rating, which usually goes down or even becomes negative for presidents
who are about to finish their term. In the beginning of 2010, he already had a hard following of
40%.

Today, his trust rating did not go down. What that means in marketing, you had a loyal group,
you kept that group all throughout your six years, which is an accomplishment by itself. And
then you are leaving with that high trust rating.

In his last term, Pinoy still thanked most of the cabinet members who are still being judged to
this day. They did not lag behind in performing their duties. To all of you, thank you from the
bottom of my heart.

He is determined that the results of the 2016 presidential elections will be judged if the people
like his path. My conclusion to all of this, I am still guided by my parents, we are truly loved by
God. To all of you, thank you very much.

Your leadership is a great honor to all of you. More than five decades have passed since the
appointment of Marcos until the current leadership of Pinoy. Six presidents have led in half a
century of our history.

But despite this, it is still difficult for Juan and Juana de la Cruz to choose a leader. Because the
people we are looking for are also different. They are also full of the challenges we have gone
through.

In the end, even though we do not have a perfect candidate, there are people who should be
the leaders of the people. Whoever the next president would be, is a president that is elected by
the people. That is what they want.

And we will accept that. Whatever the passion of the people, we will respect that. As long as it is
the right leader, whoever he or she might be.
Our next leader, our next president should inspire us to greatness. What do I mean by inspire
us? Don't we want leaders who are not just the most popular, but somebody who will inspire us
to be better than ourselves. Because I believe that Pinoy people are good.

All of us. But whoever will save the Filipinos, is not one person. The one who will save the
Filipinos is himself.

May the experiences we have under the past presidents will give light to our decisions in the
upcoming elections. I am Luchy Cruz Valdez. Good evening to all of you.

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TV5 Presidente gap 5 Arroyo
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And I have never done any of the things that scared my worst critics so much. I accept the
privilege and responsibility to act as president. In the service of the nation.

So help me God. So help me God. Gloria Arroyo was seated for the simple reason that she was
beseeched by President Joseph Estrada.

Jim even said back then, I want to be a good president. Despite passing all the auditions, her
popularity rating remained low. But do you know the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or
Four P's of Pinoy? GMA was the one who started it.

Gloria Makapagal Arroyo grew up inside Malacanang. Her father, Diosdado Makapagal, became
the President of the Philippines. And he was the first president who was the son of another
former president.

Gloria is the daughter of the second family of Diosdado. And to be more noticed by the active
father in politics, Gloria worked hard in her studies. In their conversation at home, it's always
about the people.

This is the situation of people today. What can we do to make their lives better? So for her,
there is a conflict between profit for yourself and what is the greater good. That's why she
chose commerce with a slant towards economics.

Because what my mother really wanted was to become a technocrat. So she helped the
government because she knew that her talent was to create policies. In 1968, Gloria married a
wealthy lawyer and ascender, Miguel Mike Arroyo.

Gloria was the first to serve in the government in 1987. This was when she was invited by
President Cory Aquino to be the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry.
In the re-election of the Senate in 1995, she was the first.

And in 1998, she ran as the Vice President to House Speaker Jose de Venecia. De Venecia was
defeated by Erap Estrada, but Gloria won as Vice President with a higher vote than the
President. In serving the country, I was blessed by God.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was defeated as President in the midst of the chaos when former
President Joseph Erap Estrada was impeached in 2001 in the EDSA II category. Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo, Vice President of the Philippines. I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully
and conscientiously fulfill my duties as President of the Philippines.

People always doubt the mandate of Gloria, but let's be fair about it. She won a larger number
as Vice President than Joseph Estrada. Somehow, there was a mandate, supposedly.
There were only doubts because the Constitutional Government did not declare it, because it
did not recite it. When Davida said to declare the position vacant, when the Supreme Court
Justice is the one who says that, then you assume that that is based on the Constitution. So you
have to move forward from there.

The country was so divided, and what she wanted was to be able to lead and get the country to
be together. So you just have to take the reins and do what you have to do. So that was her
position.

When Arroyo took her seat, she was easily swayed by politics. In the beginning, I think she
surrounded herself with really good people. Meron talagang factions.

There were those that were the traditional politicians, and then there were the reformists. And
those two forces were clashing that whole time. Let's just say, natalo yung reformists.

And she conducted herself alongside the traditional people for the rest of her term. Kasama po
ang Senate President, gayun din ang Speaker of the House. Mas concern siya sa political
survival niye.

Years na time ko naki-era, ginamit niya yan para manalo siya dun sa in search of legitimacy.
Para kay dating AFP Chief of Staff General Esperon, mahirap ang sitwasyong minana ni GMA.
Ngunit naging daan din ito upang maipakita ni Arroyo ang kanyang katatagan sa
pagdidesisyon.

May 2001, diba nagkaroon ng malaking parang rebellion. What they would consider the EDSA
3, led by supporters of the former President Estrada. Malakas yung grupong yan.

Nakala natin babaligtat ulit ang government. But being the duly instituted President of the
land, she was able to use the armed forces to battle all these rebellious troops. From that time
on, the presidency was established to stay.

Infrastructure, housing construction, shelter security for the urban poor and indigenous
peoples, and rise productivity. Sa siyam na taong panunungkulan, maraming na pagawaraw
ang kanyang administrasyon. Unang-una na sa ekonomiya ng bansa.

Sa kanyang pamumuno kasi lumago ang call center industry. Thank you for the 1,700 young
Cebuanos that you're hiring here in Cebu. Napagdugtong din ang maraming bayan dahil sa
mga naipagawang kalsada atulay, pati na rin sa pamamagitan ng RORO system.

The government of the Philippines will not leave the Philippines. Sa pagkakatatag ng mga
tinatawag na super region, napalakas ang turismo at naipagmalaki raw na mga probinsya ang
kanilang sariling mga produkto. The Philippines is back on the map.

Many experts admitted that because of Arroyo's knowledge of the economy, he was able to
correct some of the wrong systems that were prevailing at that time and he was able to lay the
foundation for progress. He closed the fiscal deficit, he fixed our economic fundamentals. He
did a lot of good things.

The foundation of a strong economy. GMA already has a lot. The story includes marked
improvements in tax collections.

It includes the so-called bitter pill to cure the weak economy of the country. For example, the
Expanded Value Added Tax or EVAT. The VAT was very significant and that was politically
challenging.

It was politically courageous to do that. That's a major piece of legislation that has really helped
the economy. Arroyo's leadership in the two-time army leader of the group that is now a
senator, Antonio Trillanes, was already a part of the so-called Oakwood Mutiny.

In 2004, Arroyo ran for president. And even though he defeated the artist Fernando Poe Jr.,
GMA went out to the accusations. The gravest thing that you have done is you have stolen the
presidency! Not once, but twice! There was no solid evidence against him, but the so-called
Hello Garci tapes exploded, where Arroyo could hear the commissioner, Virgilio Garciliano,
talking.

So will I still lead by more than one name? In Hello Garci, you can hear how important the
elections are, right? Because when he said that he needs one million votes, in Maguindanao,
even if there are only 300 voters, if you want 100,000 votes, the elections will give you 100,000.
Arroyo asked for forgiveness from the public because of this. If any such call was a lapse in
judgment, I am sorry.

He was not sued or impeached because he still held the majority of the Congress. But from
here, the trust of the public in the leadership of GMA began to decline. This is also due to the
results of the trust ratings and surveys.

Finally, the Hiat-10 category rose. Some members of the Cabinet also helped the former
President Estrada. I ask the President, in all humility, to make this supreme sacrifice to spare
our country.

The wife of PGMA, First Gentleman Mike Arroyo, also started to be mentioned in the
controversy. The combination of corruption, the ZTE, NBN deals, the Chinese deals, the First
Gentleman was generally viewed as being very actively involved in pushing those deals. And
then the Garcia situation came up.

And that was almost like a smoking gun, showing that there was real manipulation of election
results. In politics, you have to focus on the policy, on the programs, not the gossip, because
that's really all it is. Despite Arroyo's political turmoil, he was able to overcome and finish his
second term.

President Noy-Noy Aquino was happy to bring Gloria to his car as an ordinary citizen after her
last day in power. But a few months later, his former student, Satineo, put Arroyo in prison by
the Filipino administration. Arroyo is still under hospital arrest while being treated for a rare
disease.

And even though he is in a wheelchair, he continues to serve as a congressman from

Pampanga. In some experiences of Arroyo's leadership, they praised his efforts to fulfill the call
of his duty. In his last State of the Nation address, Arroyo knows that despite his many
accomplishments, he will be judged by many just because of one mistake.

To the people of our good country, for allowing me to serve as your president, maraming
salamat. In the end, it is not a case of vote that will judge how he led the country, but how he
was remembered by the Filipinos.

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TV5 Presidente gap 4 Estrada
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We will give hope to the people of Pesenteng Tahanan, enough food and hope for the future. If
FVR is the minority president, ERAP is a landslide victory in the election of 1998. Experts say that
ERAP is the president who has no debt because he did not need a large fund to win.

His slogan is, ERAP for the poor. However, he will only be president for three more years. He
regained his people power in EDSA.

I'm warning them, no friend, no comrade, no compatriot. Let's say ERAP's inauguration speech
was a dialogue in an action movie in 1998. And now I'm telling you, you're just wasting time.

So don't try me. ERAP is the Filipino version of Ronald Reagan, the famous actor in America who
later became president. Nothing will help the Filipinos if the Filipinos are not there.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much. ERAP is not new to politics.

He has been the mayor of San Juan for 16 years. He has never had a hard time getting into the
Senate. And he defeated his opponents in being vice president in 1992.

Joseph Estrada is a very sincere person with many personal flaws. I made this difficult decision
to authorize the military operations. His position on himself is anti-establishment, even though
he is in many ways a traditional politician.

He is not a traditional politician in terms of his image. But in truth, Joseph Estrada is a very
experienced politician. He has a long experience as mayor of San Juan.

He practically made San Juan what it is today. ERAP's participation in politics, from senator to
vice president, is really like a movie. People look at him as larger than life.

In 1992, he won as vice president. It was really a mess. He made a movie against the bases.

So when the military bases of America did not continue, he was like a hero. And because of his
attitude, his speech, he is a good Filipino, what he says is simple, the people believed in his
tagline, ERAP for the poor. The idol of the poor grew up in a wealthy family.

My grandfather was a sanitary engineer, and my grandmother was the housewife who really
took care of the family. She also grew up on the streets. She even worked as a janitor in a
hospital.

And she did other ordinary jobs before she became an artist. Life Achievement Award goes to a
person who helped the Filipino film industry, Sokdulan, Erap Estrada. He came from the
bottom.
This is a big thing he brought to his service until he became president, because he experienced
how to get hungry, how to work hard. His classmate and friend, Jess Puzon, still remembers
how a leader like Erap showed his talent. When the class is noisy, he makes the class quiet.

He just shouts once, quiet! The students follow him. We called him Bidel in Ateneo. Bidel just
made sure that there is no anarchy in the class, so it's not noisy.

Back then, Erap was already famous, according to the advertising expert, Yoli Ong, a candidate
who didn't need to campaign for the masses. I knew that Erap was going to win from day one.
And it was like he was miles, miles, miles ahead of anybody else.

In fact, the image of being Erap para sa Mahirap was already there from his movie days.
Remember that his persona was, if FPJ is panday, he was asyong. Isn't that how it is? The poor
gets from the rich, gives it to the poor.

It's like that. So it's already there, it's already planted. But if Erap is popular among the masses,
it's like he's already out of his power.

At his first State of the Nation address in 1999, it's like Erap has already made an opponent. I
believe that Congress shares my conviction that we have to abolish, abolish, abolish the pork
barrel in the face of our fiscal position. The media's relationship with Erap wasn't good either.

You know, the best thing I remember of Erap is when he asked his friends to withdraw from the
Inquirer. That, I think, is a landmark period in Philippine journalism because I think he was the
first president that did that. And his friends abided by his wish and withdrew advertising.

And we do know that the lifeline of the newspapers is the ads. It is a chilling factor because you
now know, whoops, somebody's flexing his muscle, and that muscle is pretty strong and pretty
powerful. He thought that the media was on good terms with him.

So when you wrote against him, he was surprised. I thought we were friends. The image in the
media that Erap has surpassed in real life, especially in the field of government.

He's one of the most popular presidents. So that's his strength, that's also his weakness. They
say that Erap Strada is a populist.

His slogan is Erap for the people. We can also see in his programs that there is truth to his
slogan. The expansion of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, the focus on
agriculture, his establishment of a Carabao Center, which is an integral part of our agricultural
sector.

Unlike other presidents, his approach to the problem in Mindanao is different. Many say that
it's not good. It has become clear that I must act, and act decisively.

He used his popularity to push for a solution to the problem in Mindanao. And that's how Camp
Abu Bakar was established. He sought the freedom of Mindanao from the MILF.
We can say that this is one of the reasons why he became popular. But it's also one of the
reasons why he became a problem for Muslims in Mindanao. Many say that Erap's office helped
some of the best officials.

You can see that he has a lot of respect for his office. I can say that he is very good, and we can
call him a headhunter. If we look at the members of the Cabinet, they have very high
professional qualifications, they are very good, and they are knowledgeable as well as
experienced.

And we can see that he is not influenced by the party, or political, or personal considerations.
He is not chosen by a member of the Cabinet or an official that he does not fully trust. Erap's
focus is agriculture.

He really believes that our priority should be agriculture, because first of all, more than one-
third of our laborers or workers are from that sector. Second, more than one-half of the Filipino
people, the poor, are from that sector. So if you want to help the poor, and if you want to create
a lot of jobs, focus on agriculture.

So you can see that the output of agriculture stands out during his term. But in spite of his
excellent cabinet, Erap has a midnight cabinet, or his friends and colleagues who drink until
midnight in Malacanang. This group runs in the morning, but it was planned by his son.

They say it's a midnight cabinet, but I don't think I saw that. I think it was a product of
imagination. Maybe some people saw it, gossiping that other cabinet officials stay there until
late at night, and then his personal friends come to visit him.

Maybe that's why that story was made up. Chief Justice and the jury. Since then, many things
about Erap have been on the headlines of the media, such as the demolition of mansions,
women, friends who were robbed, bank accounts, and payola at the wedding.

Were there any other witnesses to this signature? Yes, sir. In September 2007, the
impeachment trial against him began. He was the only president who was convicted of treason.

Joseph Estrada, let's just say, even though he was rightfully convicted for good governance, he
was a victim of a power grab. Because Erap, who was not beholden to anyone, not beholden to
the business sector, he didn't like him. So, he was thrown out of his position.

For the Catholic Church, may all of us who make up the Church. I think the business community
was very pleased that the impeachment went very rapidly and it was dealt with quickly and
resolved so that there was a transfer of power immediately instead of having it as a very
prolonged crisis. That's the perspective that the business community took.

Good, deal with it, end it one way or the other, and then let's move on. And there was a general
feeling of better days ahead when GMA came into the picture. If some sectors were pleased
that Erap left his position, the masses were not pleased with him.
The so-called Edsatres was also involved. To be honest, we don't think that people can be
ruthless, that people can be that savage, especially in other civil societies. The reason why they
don't like Erap is because they are not decent.

These are the same people who really planned, they did everything so that he wouldn't be able
to sit down. They destroyed everything, even the church, even the Catholic church leaders, they
really used them to speak ill of President Erap. Even though he was sentenced, imprisoned, and
was not able to return to Malacanang, until now, Erap has argued that his departure was illegal.

If he was allowed to finish, maybe our economy would have run differently. It's been almost 10
years. I call it the GMA lost decade.

That's why we restored democracy, right? That's what Erap did. It was undemocratic. You will
say that Erap is stupid.

Erap is smart. Whoever his advisor is. Even if he signed a letter, he left Malacanang, but he did
not resign.

I will not resign. So, the Supreme Court had to say that there was a so-called constructive
resignation because he left Malacanang, and he said, according to Edgardo Angara's diary, I'm
tired. He said it was a resignation.

The resignation was clear. It was a letter written. So, there was a so-called... First, what was
fought for by EDSA 2 was right.

Erap was supposedly corrupt, but the outcome was wrong. Because instead of declaring that
Gloria was a revolutionary government, he said she was a constitutional succession. But it was
not constitutional.

Erap was imprisoned for more than six years. And in October 2007, he was granted presidential
pardon when Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

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TV5 Presidente gap 3 Ramos
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Global integration is here to stay, whether we like it or not. I will not be a lame duck president
because that is not my nature. The times call for vigorous tigers.

Cory was defeated in the People Power visa, while he was replaced by a minority president. This
candidate ran in 1992. The votes were divided.

Only 23% of the votes were taken by the FVR. He still has less than a million votes ahead of the
two-time Miriam Defensor Santiago. But was this a hurdle for the FVR to implement its
Philippines 2000 platform? The Honorable Andres Narvasa shall now administer the oath of
office to the Honorable Fidel V. Ramos, President-elect of the Republic of the Philippines.

For almost three decades, the people have waited to witness this day. I, Fidel Valdez Ramos,
The peaceful integration of power in Malacanang, will be accountable to each person, and I will
take care of myself and I will take care of myself in serving the country. in serving the country.

But if a revolution shook Cory Aquino in power, Cory! Cory! Cory! The freest presidential
elections in the country in more than 20 years. Only a few people brought Fidel V. Ramos to the
palace. People gave him the benefit of the doubt because Cory said this was the guy that
should be the next president.

And that was the Cory magic. But at the time that he entered, the race was already so tight that
really, he just managed to slip through everybody. The protesters in Santiago immediately
protested.

I have been consistently leading in the tabulations and never in the political history of the
Republic of the Philippines as a presidential candidate, so consistently less in the electoral
tabulations for three days and yet managed to lose at the final day. But Ramos began to
swallow the wound of the election. Can we accomplish all we need to do within six years? Yes,
we can.

We can lay the ground for self-sustaining growth and more. But we can win the future only if
we are united in purpose and will. In the eyes of many, including the historian Xiao Chua, he
needed to do this after winning as a minority president.

Ramos is actually the people power hero who was trying to continue the gains of people power.
And since he was friendly to the president, smooth transition, you can say that he wanted to
continue what he started and solve the problems that were created by the Personal
Administration. In other words, the hassle of having a lot of people against you, he overcame
that.

He was patient. He was very tenacious in consensus building. It took him a long time.
Do you know his principle? You treat every Filipino as a voter. Oh, sir, you already voted. No,
they will not vote for my administration.

He wanted to show the world that democracy, which the Philippines fought for in 1986, can
work even in developing countries. That leadership by consensus, by putting people together
instead of knocking their heads together, can succeed. And this he did.

Before he became president, Fidel Valdez Ramos spent almost his entire life as a soldier. From
Asingan, Pangasinan, Ramos studied at the University of Pangasinan and Mapua before
entering the West Point Military Academy. He had a scholarship for West Point.

So he applied because he wanted really to further his education. He passed the physical, and
then he became number one in the written exam. So he was the one chosen to go to West
Point.

It was not by chance that he chose to go to West Point. Just by pure merit process, he topped
the exam. FDR also obtained a master's degree in civil engineering at the University of Illinois.

He served in the Philippine Contingent early during the last days of the Korean War. Back then,
Ramos was involved in many military services. He is the father of the Special Forces.

He was the one who formed the Special Forces Company that is now the Special Forces
Regiment in 1965. Since I was in high school, he had already formed a unit which would make a
lot of difference in the Philippine Army. He did not flaunt his accomplishments, but his
accomplishments alone would speak for himself.

Even though he did not earn much out of his love for politics, Fidel Ramos was not new to this
world. He was the son of a lawyer and a judge during the time of the Commonwealth, Narciso
Ramos. We are lucky that our mother was a high school teacher and our father was an elected
congressman of the Commonwealth period of the National Assembly.

So we grew up in politics, but the clean politics, not the dirty politics or the dirty politics that we
know today. Even though he was the cousin of former President Marcos, The reason for my
being here, ladies and gentlemen, is that because the Armed Forces of the Philippines has
ceased to be the real Armed Forces of the Philippines. Ramos was the first to be involved in the
dictatorship and the corruption of Cory.

He became the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and later he was appointed as Secretary of
National Defense. He became a soldier and in the end, he became close to the center of power.
He was the one who persuaded Ramos to become the President of the country.

After carefully marshalling his forces, General Ramos finally charged. Onasan grimly realized.
During the martial law times, he was already a general.

Fidel Ramos was in charge of the Philippine Constabulary. That was the military at that time. So
of course, he knew the problems of the people and the problems of running a government that
combines the two, the military and the political.

In his first year, Ramos called for unity in his area. In his second year, he led the Philippines
2000, a prosperous country in the new millennium. First of all, President Ramos had a clear
vision.

Again, it had to do with this liberalized idea, liberalized deregulation, privatization, that kind of
model. He divided the monopolies, for example, in telecommunications. He divided the
monopolies here in utilities.

So there was competition. That's what gives signals to foreign investments that it's good to
invest in the Philippines. On the other hand, in energy, FDR was also at fault.

He entered into, to me, an unfavorable contract. Even if we don't use the energy, we pay for it.
Our energy is expensive.

That started with him. Many people say that this was a shortcut, so if it continues, the result
won't be good. But let's think, if the problem wasn't solved immediately, it would have been a
bigger problem.

In a nutshell, the message is to leapfrog from a current state to one which is significantly
different, meaning reform-oriented and at the same time, development-centered
administration. President Fidel Ramos did a lot in his time. The peace process was discussed
again.

There was an agreement with the MNLF and the SPCPD, the Southern Philippines Council for
Peace and Development, that the objective is to expand the power of the ARMM and to better
meet the needs of our fellow Filipinos in the South. The achievement that President Ramos
didn't highlight is that we have long-standing debts to the IMF, the International Monetary
Fund. Twenty-two loan packages in a span of 35 years.

These were the government's loans back then. He was able to sell these. He was able to finalize
these loans and pay them.

Making it work is really, I think, the key. And the way he made it work was to really activate this
LEDAC, this Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council, and he really made good work
of it. He convened it every single week, where the leaders of Congress and the leaders of the
Executive Branch and the members of the Cabinet would meet and really review what were the
priority bills and the progress of those bills, week after week after week.

His experience as a soldier is said to be the foundation of his faith. You identify the problem.
You analyze the problem.

Very parallel to the military decision-making process. Make recommendations. And because he
was able to direct his attention to the media, he was able to explain his programs to the public.

Ramos was such an animal. Although he came from a military background, he had a lot of
experience working with the press. And he knew the value of the working press.

He knew that if we wanted to get his message across, he had to work with the press to get the
message out. If he had an issue, if he felt that you didn't get the right information, he would
give it to you. In 1997, a year before the termination of FDR, the region was hit by the Asian
financial crisis.

However, it did not affect the economy much. Even if our economy flourished, because of the
good management of the economy, what is said is that we are still the ones who are at the top.
And others were really affected.

We are still standing. In just four years, we are today regarded as looming proof that
democracy is not... Economist Ben Joknik has a different view on this. We were never a tiger
economy.

Maybe a white economy. That's why it's not painful. Because unlike other countries, other Asian
countries, we didn't really grow very fast.

If we were like that, we would have a crisis, and if we fell from the second floor, it's not painful.
But if we fell from the 30th floor, they would have been killed. Some other issues faced by the
Ramos administration are the 7.3 billion pesos Centennial Expo Project in Angeles, Pampanga.

The government's funds were wasted because the project was not very profitable. Ramos was
also included in the category of the grandmother of all scams, the Pea Amari Deal. Although he
was not included in the cases, Ramos' name was always mentioned when it came to this matter.

But before he took office, he faced the biggest obstacle. This was the obstacle that some of his
allies changed the 1987 Constitution. Through a People's Initiative, they helped to make the
government's system parliamentary instead of presidential.

According to those critics, only one person will benefit if the Constitution is recognized. And
that is none other than the person who helped him, Ramos. Unfortunately, even though the
EDSA People Power did not understand, half a million Filipinos protested to fight this.

The Supreme Court immediately dismissed the People's Initiative. In the continuation of the
presidential system, Ramos was forced to endorse a candidate for the upcoming election. But
Ramos' candidate, Jose de Venecia Jr., was defeated by the landslide victory of the former vice
president Josef Ejercito Estrada.

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TV5 Presidente gap 2 Aquino
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Three years ago, I left America in grief to bury my husband Ninoy Aquino. I thought I had left it
also to lay to rest his restless dream of Philippine freedom. Today, I have returned as the
president of a free people.

Who would have thought that the simple man with a house, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, would
be the one to end the two-decade reign of the so-called dictator, Ferdinand Marcos. Now, with
the rise of the new government, the new president has been re-elected several times. And he
has been called the mother of our democracy.

How is Cori when it comes to other aspects of leadership? President of the Republic of the
Philippines. Again, that's the speaker of the house and the president pro tem of the senate.
President Elpidio Quirino and Ferdinand Marcos.

He is also one of the presidents invited to give a speech in front of the U.S. Congress, Corazon
Cojuangco Aquino. Democratic leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Here, he told the story of
the sacrifice and penance of his wife, former senator Ninoy Aquino.

But his death was my country's resurrection, and the courage and faith by which alone they
could be free again. The dictator had called him a nobody, yet two million people threw aside
their passivity and fear and escorted him to his grave. As I came to power peacefully, so shall I
keep it.

That is my contract with my people and my commitment to God. Icon of democracy. We know
that when the dictatorship began, of course, there were many groups and when the time came
for the dictator to be overthrown, there were talks that divided the group, which was united
because of the acceptance of former President Corazon Aquino of power as a symbol of unity of
those fighting the dictatorship.

The united opposition was led by Cory Aquino, who used to own a house. You need a person
who is not arrogant, not a traditional politician, and not a demon. Marcos is not a demon.

He is demonized because of the many problems of the country, and he was led that he is the
only person needed by Cory Aquino. That is how Cory Aquino rose. Because supposedly, he is
Marcos' counter-image.

There was a time when a particular kind of leader was needed, who is not a lawyer, whose
academic record is not clear, and who is not a traditional politician. You need someone who is
simple. You need to challenge that to Imelda.

I have a religiosity to succeed in goodness. Cory Aquino embodied that. Whether the image was
real or not, he was there.
But because he doesn't know much about politics, Cory is also considered the first OJT in
Malacanang. Cory's core is that he is a very private person. Since he was a child, he was an
ascender.

What happened? People force you to be public. Even though he is the husband of a politician,
he is not like other first ladies who go out and do projects. She was a housewife who was taking
care of the kids, despite the fact that she was educated, and she also has a political family.

What happened is that she needed to train. She had advisors who trained her on how to work
for an American firm. She studied politics.

She is not used to people. She will look like a fool, but she became an effective campaigner. She
studied.

No matter how fast Cory's career in Malacanang, he is slow in running a new government. We
will honor all our debts. Actually, the first thing we focused on was the tax system.

I said that during the time of Marcos, our tax system was very bad, and we didn't collect
enough revenues to spend on the needs of the government. So we reformed the tax system.
That's when the 1986 tax reform became very popular.

Then there were major disasters, like the earthquake in Pangasinan. It was also damaging. It
also terminated the growth of the economy.

That's why our economy wasn't able to grow. And you can remember that when it was about to
collapse, we had an energy crisis. Mrs. Aquina didn't realize that.

The government did not perpetuate the system of patronage. The Philippine economy had
really deteriorated very, very badly, to the point now where our financial institutions were on
the verge of bankruptcy, where the Philippine economy as a whole was on the verge of total
collapse. So I think, by and large, the business community was supportive of the EDSA
revolution.

There was just the feeling of a rebirth of a country and a lot of expectations of really a much,
much brighter future, right at the brink of the EDSA revolution. Unfortunately, as revolutions
go, it turns out that governing is really more difficult than gaining power. So obviously, all of
the difficulties came to the surface, starting with the need to create a government almost
overnight, made up of all of the elements of the opposition who had been left out of power for
two decades, and all of them wanting to have a role to play.

And so it meant the extreme left and some of the rightists in the opposition had to be brought
together. And the first cabinet of Cory Aquina was really a pretty strange cabinet. He's the most
dangerous beast.

O'Nason and company decided to try... A few months after Cory's first SONA, several rebelling
military tried to overthrow his government. Mga kababayan, last night, rebel soldiers attacked
Malacanang. The presidential security group, with tragic loss of lives, decisively defeated them.

That was a time when Japan was very aggressively looking for alternative sites for their
manufacturing facilities. And the Philippines should have been and would have been part of
that, if not for those coup efforts. I think the cost of those coup attempts has not really been
sufficiently appreciated because they were extremely costly in my mind, and I think they set us
back many, many years.

But there's one thing that needs to be credited to him. Ten years are witness to the emergence
of at least 25 independent broadsheets and tabloids. Newspapers that were closed were
allowed to publish again.

All of the stations that were closed were allowed to be on the air again. All the radio stations,
anybody could say anything they wanted to say. So all of a sudden, we were presented with all
of these freedoms that were denied us for 14 years.

And when that happens, you're like a child trying to walk again. After running a marathon and
being put in a wheelchair for 14 years, all of a sudden, somebody says, OK, now, run. You're
sued by a president.

What is that? It's scary. There's a big chilling effect, right? She was, after all. In her six years in
Malacanang, this is where Corrie showed her strength.

She did not pass the article of the media that said she hid under the bed when the rebels
attacked Malacanang. Maybe what brought her a lot of stress were the coup attempts. Because
there were a lot of people who died, a lot of people were injured, especially during the coup
attempt, even when Sinoy was shot, her comrades died.

That was really difficult. She stayed in her leggy. If I die, I will die here.

I will not run. But she said, what if the soldiers think that if our commander-in-chief was afraid
and hid, how will they fight our democracy? The whole country needs to see that it's impossible
for me to hide there. That's why she showed her bed.

And she may have many faults, she might have weaknesses, but cowardice is not one of them.
She went to Batan. But what Corrie did and did not do was not enough for the public to leave
Sinoy's bed.

The problem was, after the martial law, what the people wanted from the leader was almost
impossible. When you go through a long period of hardship, you want change right away.
You're there right away.

That's why many critics of Corrie Aquino during her time, because they were impatient. They
wanted immediate change. And they were frustrated with Corrie Aquino because the poor did
not suddenly become rich.

So Corrie Aquino was very unpopular when her term was about to end. Because the
expectations of the people were really high. And I think, whoever you put as president, he will
not be able to fulfill what the people want.

Now, the good thing about Corrie, it happened later on. When they saw the next presidents,
Corrie wasn't that bad. She was really good.

If you look at her popularity rating in the 1990s, her rating was really fluctuating. But when it
came to 10 years after, you can see that she did a lot in bringing democracy back to the
Philippines. That was her role.

It was her daughter, Ballsy, who confirmed that Corrie had no illusions that she could do a lot
as president. She would tell us, just do everything you can, and pray as much as you can, and
the rest you leave to God. And I think she lived her life that way.

That's why after all the coup attempts, for her, just finishing my presidency, just finishing until
1992, is victory enough. She said that it was just a transition. She didn't expect that the
Philippines would change a lot.

I'm sure she prayed a lot that poverty would be reduced, free education, you know, all those
things you'd like to happen. But I would say, in my belief, what she really wanted to happen was
for the dictator to be overthrown, for democracy to return. But if there's one thing that the
people should be thankful for, it's that Corrie didn't expect her position to last long.

It's very hard to do that, especially when you're from the time of martial law. And by the way,
Corrie could have run legally because the term limit for the president when the constitution
was passed, she was the president's seat. I mean, you have to give her credit, because the
temptation to hold on to power, she resisted.

And one of her contributions was the smooth transition to the next president. And it is for them
that I was placed. Until her last State of the Nation Address, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino but
instead, he gave his most powerful message to our people.

As president, I have never prayed for anything for myself, only for our people. I honestly did the
best I could. No more can be asked of any man.

The traditional ceremony of political succession will unfold at the Luneta. This is the glory of
democracy, that its most solemn moment should be the peaceful transfer of power.

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TV5 Presidente gap 1 Marcos
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...the Philippine Archipelago. Meanwhile, very soon... ...the Korean people... ...will join us.
Through this work of empowering the people, I dedicate my presidency.

Today, I have returned as the president of a free people. I'm in the right place, I'm a Filipino, I
registered, I know how to read and write. This is the qualification for those who want to run as
president of the country.

But the hundreds of presidents that we have empowered... ...need more than the
aforementioned qualities... ...to meet the challenges of the times. I am profoundly conscious of
the tasks that remain. Fight mass poverty and strengthen and maturize.

Of course, our constitution is the cornerstone of our freedom. When the 1987 Constitution was
just being drafted... ...it was one of the longest-held provisions on the form of government...
...whether presidential or parliamentary. The debates were so intense that in the end... ...only
one vote won the presidential and parliamentary elections.

This was a recognition of the desire of the Filipinos... ...to directly vote their leaders... ...instead
of letting the parties choose... ...just like in parliamentary form. That's why today, on May 9...
...more than 50 million Filipinos will vote again for their leader. What was the track record of the
presidents that we have empowered? Let's go back to them one by one... ...and find out where
they succeeded... ...and where they went wrong.

Good evening, I am Luchi Cruz Valdez... ...and this is the President. In spite of any result of any
constitutional convention... ...I have no intention of running for a third term. Don't you think
that two terms is enough for any man? In this balcony, Marcos gave his inaugural speech...
...after the 1986 snap elections.

Many are saying that Marcos was stopped... ...and that the democratic system of the Filipinos
was revived. That's why we will start our story with him. For the generation that did not grow up
under Martial Law... ...their introduction to Marcos was different.

Is there a basis for the so-called good leader of Macoy? The President of the Philippines... ...did
not have a colorful and controversial life... ...like Ferdinand Edralin Marcos. He was the 10th
President of the Philippines. According to some written and told stories of Marcos... ...he was a
mentor to General Antonio Luna.

Marcos was also a veteran of wars... ...and was awarded many medals. When he was accused of
murder... ...in the shooting and killing of a political opponent... ...Julio Nalumdasan... ...Marcos
defended himself while in prison. He overturned the first decision of the court... ...and acquitted
himself and his father... ...brothers and several companions.
Married to one of the most beautiful Filipinas of his time... ...Emelda Romualdez. You can
imagine that Marcos's life is a material in a movie or a fairy tale. This is the spear he used to
defeat the re-electionist... ...President Diosdado Macapagal in 1965.

If you look at the Presidents... ...they all have different qualities... ...that meet the needs of the
time. For example, Ferdinand Marcos... ...because what the Filipinos were looking for... ...is a
leader who is unique, very qualified... ...the way he acts as a bar top... ...as a Senate President...
...the way he speaks... ...and largely through the efforts of not just a few men... ...but of
hundreds. It's a difficult task for the people... ...so they see him as a charismatic leader.

For Marcos to understand the leadership... ...he needs to understand his two terms... ...and the
time of the Martial Law. A lot of classrooms were built... ...Pension for Infrastructure... ...was just
coming out in its first term. It was a wide road... ...it started there... ...the bridges... ...it was
necessary for the development of the economy.

Electrification was needed... ...to give electricity to more Filipinos... ...in remote areas. The
Philippines was known as the freest press in Asia. They say that it was a very vibrant press...
...that had an adversarial relationship... ...between the press and government.

The press was there to criticize the government. They were there like watchdogs... ...they were
always alert... ...when something bad was happening to the government. There were a lot of
technocrats... ...a lot of good cabinet members.

For example, Marcos was fond of... ...getting people from the U.P. He was fond of getting
people from the academy... ...that he put there. You know, he was prepared for knowledge...
...he was prepared for analysis, etc. He had a reputation like that.

Let's remember, during Marcos' time... ...the Philippines had self-sufficiency and rise. At least, in
the case of Marcos... ...you can argue with him... ...he wants to argue with the members of his
cabinet. He was not afraid intellectually to engage us.

Different ideas, different tendencies... ...different ideologies... ...all different thinking. From the
60s to the 70s... ...was also a time of political unrest... ...in many corners of the world. In the
Philippines, the left-wing group was getting stronger.

For Marcos, it was easy to win the second term... ...as president. In the late 1960s... ...the
Communist Party of the Philippines... ...and the New People's Army... ...was established by Jose
Maria Sison. The New People's Army was established by Bernabe Buscay... ...Commander
Dante.

This shows that... ...the situation at that time was chaotic. Miranda bombing happened. In the
1971 elections for the Senate... ...that was the premise.

Now, some people said... ...the time was chaotic... ...that's why martial law was necessary. I
signed Proclamation No. 1081... ...placing the entire Philippines under martial law.
September 21, 1972... ...Marcos proclaimed the Presidential Decree 1081... ...or the
implementation of martial law. He called it the New Society. For the next eight years... ...Marcos
became the President and Prime Minister of the Philippines.

Martial law is a special power... ...given by the Constitution... ...that implements a restriction...
...using the Armed Forces of the Philippines. They said that Marcos... ...actually made a coup
d'etat to himself. He deposed the civilian president... ...and the commander-in-chief of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines took over.

The first reaction to martial law... ...a lot of people gave it the benefit of the doubt. A lot of
people said that it might be good... ...his New Society idea. Soon, the dark side of the
dictatorship emerged.

You know what's painful about martial law... ...that people don't realize. You're the only person
who has a stand in life. But because of that stand... ...because of your belief... ...you need to be
imprisoned.

And you won't just be imprisoned... ...you'll be tortured. Around 34,000 were tortured... ...3,240
were not tortured... ...because they were already dead. Was Marcos... ...ordered the killings of
all these? No.

He did not. But he allowed the military to do it. He just didn't answer the people... ...because he
was benefiting... ...from the silencing of the critics.

The civil liberties were lost. The rights of the people were lost. If you replace the system of
democracy... ...with those who are in charge... ...if you remove those... ...those who have
power... ...if they don't have to answer the people... ...if there's no accountability... ...no
transparency... ...it's only natural to abuse.

Another thing that was affected by Martial Law... ...was freedom of expression. Many people
who were watching... ...that period in our history... ...called it the dark ages of journalism.
Because for 14 years... ...things were shut down.

Initially, when they shut the press down... ...nobody was allowed to operate. So there was a
blackout. We couldn't enter Malacanang.

Like me, I was smuggled. At events, they helped me... ...so that I could enter. Or if there was
information... ...that they couldn't write... ...they gave it to me.

Marcos held power for almost 21 years. So it was only natural... ...for him to have more
projects... ...to be proud of... ...compared to the presidents who followed him. So that's one
thing that's good about Marcos... ...the long-term planning.

The construction of the Pan-Philippine Highway... ...that made an effort... ...to build a highway...
...for the entire Philippines... ...connected from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. Another achievement
that you can say... ...is in the culture. You have to give it to Marcos and Imelda... ...as First Lady...
...that the heritage was really honoured.

You as First Lady and Mother of the Country... ...you said, while I, Ferdinand, the father... ...build
the house... ...you make it a home. So I had to reflect... ...what makes a home? Love. What is
love when made real? Beauty.

There was a National Artist Award... ...and our architects were using it... ...to build the cultural
centres of the Philippines... ...the Heart Centre, Lung Centre, Kidney Centre... ...PICC, Nutrition
Centre. All of those were built by the administration of Marcos. And if you look at it... ...in all
fairness to them... ...it is still in use until now.

Most of us don't know that... ...for example, the LRT... ...the C5, the C3... ...are part of the long-
term infrastructure plan... ...of President Marcos. Agriculture is also an important part of his
legacy. They say, the Masagana 99... ...is one of the beginnings... ...and it's a shame it didn't
continue.

There was also a Nutrition Programme... ...for the students that day. I remember... ...there was
also the Nutriban... ...that became famous... ...because this is what the students were fed.
There's one thing that Marcos did... ...which today is still being enjoyed by the Philippines...
...projecting our unemployed people... ...to the world labour market.

He was the pioneer. Even though the experts we spoke to... ...know what Marcos did... ...they
said, Marcos was also the one... ...who started the so-called cronies. They are close friends...
...who formed big industries and businesses in the country.

The basic policy he adopted... ...was to try and pattern the Philippine economy... ...after the
Korean economy. Large segments of the economy were parceled out... ...and given to, I guess,
what he viewed as people... ...who could lead that industry. The coconut industry went to
Danding Hoquanco... ...sugar industry was Benedicto... ...pharmaceuticals went to J.Y. Campos...
...etc., etc., right? So it carved out the economy.

But unfortunately, to my recollection... ...the way it evolved eventually... ...was this whole idea of
crony capitalism... ...crept into the picture. People who were given preferred positions in the
economy... ...to some extent, probably... ...I guess we can say, to some extent, abused... ...their
positions of near monopoly or monopoly. Very strong leverage, very strong connections with
government.

That's the definition of what crony capitalism was all about. But on the whole, I think the record
is pretty clear... ...in my mind, in terms of the economy. We started from being number two
from the top... ...and we really deteriorated very badly... ...to the point of near bankruptcy.

And that's historical fact, that's not opinion. The government's debt to the World Bank... ...and
the International Monetary Fund grew. The debt multiplied.
I don't remember the numbers, unfortunately... ...but I know, what I can remember is that...
...the debt was beyond our capacity to service it. In fact, we had entered into a moratorium, a
debt moratorium. We were not able to service our debt anymore.

We were, I guess, the Greece of our time. Marcos left the Marshall Lawn in 1981... ...but since
then, politics in the Philippines has not been quiet. There were a lot of rumors that Marcos'
illness was getting worse.

Ninoy Aquino, on the other hand, returned to the Philippines... ...to lead their fight in Marcos'
field... ...in the upcoming 1984 elections. Ninoy also wanted Marcos to be interviewed. But when
Ninoy was killed... ...when he got off the tarmac at the airport in 1983... ...the opposition
became even stronger.

Three years after his death... ...the Edsa Revolution took place in 1986. In 1982, Marcos was
already ill, but I don't know... ...he was already on dialysis. We returned after his last state visit
to America.

Someone told me that a military junta was formed... ...a military group. The head of the military
junta was General Ver... ...that if President Marcos were to die... ...they would not tell the public.
We, the members of President Marcos' cabinet... ...were invited to Malacanang.

We were going to be imprisoned there. When I checked, it was true. I organized a quiet leave...
...first to protect myself, my family... ...and to stop the effort if I could.

Marcos had nothing to do with that junta. I don't think he knew about it. My plan was to clear
that junta... ...so that President Marcos would be included.

Marcos was forced to leave Malacanang... ...to go to Hawaii. This is where Marcos died in 1989.
Although the strong feelings against Marcos... ...cannot be undone... ...the government
regained power over Marcos' wife, children... ...and many of his relatives.

In May, Ferdinand's only son, Bongbong... It was just a step to re-enter Malacanang. Ferdinand
Marcos' relatives... ...are still living in a mausoleum in Ilocos Norte. His family is still fighting...
...for him to be buried... ...as one of the rightful presidents of the country.

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