[Statement of the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law (CARMMA) on the 39th anniversary of the assassination of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino upon his arr…
[Statement of the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law on the 39th anniversary of the assassination of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino upon his arrival at the airpot at the Manila International Airport on 21 August 1985 and the 51st anniversary of the Plaza Miranda bombing and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus on 21 August 1971]
On August 21, 1983, thirty nine years ago, the Filipino people witnessed the Marcoses focus on their own interests – they were hellbent on staying in power. Even as the whole world watched over Ninoy Aquino on his way back to the Philippines from the US, he was mercilessly assassinated at the airport by a gunman who was promptly killed off by state forces.
Recalling August 21 brings back memories of the impunity by which Marcos Sr. held government power in his hands. Marcos disposed of his political opponents while he and his family plundered the nation’s treasury, brokered deals favorable to him and his cronies, and drowned the nation under gigantic foreign debts that would take several generations to pay for.
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