30 years later, fight not yet over, says Poe
It has been 30 years since the Edsa people power revolution but our fight is not yet over, according to Sen. Grace Poe.
“Sa mga naglaan ng buhay at nakipaglaban sa mahabang panahon upang mangyari ang Edsa revolution, utang natin sa kanila ang kalayaang tinatamasa natin ngayon. Subalit hindi pa tapos ang ating pakikipaglaban,” Poe said in a statement on Wednesday as she joined the nation in commemorating the historic revolt that led to the ouster of a dictator.
Poe said much have yet to be done to free the country from poverty, lack of education, suppression of the people’s right to information, and human rights abuses.
The senator, who is running for president, has been pushing for the enactment of the freedom of information bill and the passage of her school-feeding program.
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“Malaking hamon sa mga lider ng susunod na administrasyon na bigyang katuparan ang pagkamit sa mga kalayaang ito. Itutuloy natin ang diwa ng Edsa! Kasama natin sa laban na ito ang mga kabataan, ang buong sambayanan,” she said.
“Naniniwala tayo sa kagalingan ng mga kabataan na maging bahagi sa pagbuo ng isang bansang maunlad, malaya at makatao para sa lahat ng Pilipino. Kung sama-sama at nagkakaisa, ang labang ito ay mapagtatagumpayan.”
Poe’s running mate, Sen. Francis Escudero, said the Edsa commemoration was a good occasion to “promote and uphold the beautiful lessons learned from it.”
According to Escudero, this is the time people remember with great humility “the nameless heroes and heroines of this shining chapter in our history.”
“So many events have unfolded since Feb. 25, 1986. So many have analyzed and interpreted this memorable part of our contemporary history. History is both beautiful and bizarre, if not ugly,” he said in a separate statement.
“Let us promote and uphold the beautiful lessons learned from it, notably the grassroots participation in governance and the people-center policies,” he added.
“Let us try to correct the bizarre components, error and mistake committed along the way of our long difficult and complicated quest to build a better, more compassionate, and more inclusive society and nation for all Filipino people. Mabuhay ang mamamayang Pilipino! Tayong lahat ay mga bayani sa makabagong kasaysayan na ating binubuo ngayon.”
Poe and Escudero with their senatorial bets under Partido Galing at Puso are scheduled to visit the provinces of Abra and La Union on Thursday. RC
