Half a million Filipinos gathered at Rizal Park to protest against moves to change the Constitution under Fidel V. Ramos, heeding the call of Corazon Aquino and Jaime Cardinal Sin.
The combined forces of Corazon Aquino and Jaime Cardinal Sin – and the use of prayer as protest – meant it was only a matter of time before Fidel V. Ramos relented. It was September 21, 1997, and around half a million Filipinos flocked to Rizal Park, site of the biggest rallies against dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, to wage a new battle.
Eleven years after the strongman’s downfall, Filipinos heeded the call of two democracy icons – former president Corazon Aquino and Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin – to oppose moves to change the Constitution under Aquino’s successor, Fidel V. Ramos. As in the People Power Revolution of February 25, 1986, Filipinos clutched their rosaries and chanted their protests at the same time, as Church and civil society groups formed a potent force against the powers that be
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