Corazon Aquino Officially Becomes President Of The Philippines In History Today, February 25, 1986

Corazon Aquino was sworn in as President of the Philippines on January 25, 1986, and he served until 1992. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA History today, 38 years ago, February 25, 1986, Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino officially became the new President of the Philippines. He got this position because the Filipino people believed Cory was a woman who was able to bring change to the nation and state.

Previously, the regime of Ferdinand Marcos was the darkest time in the history of the Philippines. Marcos' repressive and manipulative leadership was the estuary. Marcos repressive to the Filipino people were stunned. The Filipino people, especially Cory, moved to overthrow him.

The presence of the regime of Ferdinand Emmanuel Marcos Sr has brought many wounds to the entire Philippines. His leadership is known to be manipulative. The image was formed because Marcos considered himself a hero in the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. In fact, the truth of it is doubtful by many.

The doubt of many parties is in fact not in line with what the Filipino people think is mostly. They think Marcos is a new hope. This support was proven by Marcos' smooth path in the world of politics.

He was able to appear as a member of the DPR, even to become the number one person in the Philippines from 1965. His figure is predicted to be able to bring change. Far from the fire. Marcos' leadership actually brought in a lot of disaster.

Marcos is considered to only think about power matters. People's lives and welfare are not considered an important part. He used the military as a tool of power and terrorized the people. He indirectly gave a message to those who were affected by criticism to be vigilant.

Whoever criticizes will be tortured to death. The power of attorney was proven when Marcos showed his guts to kill opposition figure Benigno Aquino Jr in 1983. The motive for killing was in fact the master's weapon.

Benigno Aquino Jr's wife, Cory immediately led the Filipino people against Marcos. As a result, Marcos' government was able to be overthrown in 1986. Even though Marcos and his family managed to escape with the results of his corruption to Hawaii, United States (US).

Marcos' campaign was expensive and bitter. Marcos won and was sworn in as president on December 30, 1965. In 1969 he was re-elected president of the Philippines who served a second term.

During his first term of office, he has made progress in agriculture, industry, and education. However, his government has problems with increasing student demonstrations and violent city guerrilla activities," wrote the Britannica page, December 6, 2023.

Marcos' overthrow left a power vacant in the Philippines. The presidential election was held. As a result, the Filipino people wanted Cory to become the new leader of the Philippines. As a result, Cory officially served as President of the Philippines on February 25, 1986.

Cory's leadership was praised by many parties. He is predicted to be able to present democracy in the Philippines. All kinds of regulations from the old government have begun to be reduced and replaced by pro-people rules.

But, after the killing of Senator Ninoy Aquino in August 1983, Cory steadfastly took over his role as an opposition political leader in the Philippines against the pharmacist regime, which is already an emergency in his country.

Without dramatic emotion, without prestige, just by telling the people what the diktaton has done to this country. He touched the hearts of the people of Fillipina who love freedom. The traumatic pain he felt: after the killing of her husband in the hands of the ruling regime at that time raised memories of the suffering and hopes of those who had stalled so far. On behalf of Cory, those who care about deploying their families and neighbors face tanks, cannons, and barbed wire obstacles set up by dictatorial defender groups, wrote Tempo newspaper report entitled Warisan Cory Aquino (2009).