Philippine protesters held a noisy rally Saturday for the 37th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution, which ousted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s dictator father and sent the family into exile. EDSA37
Protesters gather during a rally marking the 37th anniversary of the “People Power” revolution, which ousted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s dictator father and sent the family into exile, on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, or EDSA, in Quezon City on February 25, 2023.
Nearly four decades on from the toppling of Marcos Sr, Julio Montinola, 53, told AFP the challenge was to keep the “message and spirit” of the uprising alive. Protesters hold a placard with an image of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr during a rally marking the 37th anniversary of the “People Power” revolution, which ousted Marcos Jr’s dictator father and sent the family into exile, on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, or EDSA, in Quezon City on February 25, 2023.
Protesters gather during a rally marking the 37th anniversary of the “People Power” revolution, which ousted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s dictator father and sent the family into exile, on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, or EDSA, in Quezon City on February 25, 2023.
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