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Filipino Is Worth Dying For By: Senator Benigno Aquino SR

Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated in 1983 upon returning to the Philippines from exile in the United States. His assassination provoked widespread protests against the authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and his declaration of martial law. These protests culminated in the 1986 People Power Revolution, where hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered to demand Marcos' resignation. Aquino had been imprisoned for seven years after speaking out against Marcos' martial law. His death inspired the Filipino people to fight for democracy and end the Marcos dictatorship.

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Filipino Is Worth Dying For By: Senator Benigno Aquino SR

Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated in 1983 upon returning to the Philippines from exile in the United States. His assassination provoked widespread protests against the authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and his declaration of martial law. These protests culminated in the 1986 People Power Revolution, where hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered to demand Marcos' resignation. Aquino had been imprisoned for seven years after speaking out against Marcos' martial law. His death inspired the Filipino people to fight for democracy and end the Marcos dictatorship.

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FILIPINO IS WORTH DYING FOR

By: Senator Benigno Aquino Sr.


Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated in NAIA which was Manila
International Airport before or MIA. The death of Ninoy provoked the Filipinos to protest
against the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos and they successfully stopped
the Marcos administration. Through the unity of people in the historic gathering in the
Philippines which is called Edsa People Power Revolution where the hundred thousand
Filipinos gathered and stood as one.
Aquino was the first aspirant to ran as a president against the dictatorship of
Marcos, but unfortunately, his ambition did not continue for the reason of Marcos
proclaimed the Martial Law on September 21, 1972, which gives the power of the
military to rule. When the Martial law started, Ninoy with thousands of political
opposition, press, and militant students were arrested. Benigno denied the allegations
but found out guilty and put to jail in seven years. He was temporarily discharged when
Imelda Marcos allowed him to have his heart surgery in the United States, he stayed
there for 3 years and it was the year 1983 on the 21st day of August when he decided
to go back knowing that the situation of the Philippines was getting worse. While on his
way home he was interviewed by the press inside the plane regarding the issue
between him and the Marcoses. Aquino was ready to face and was not afraid of what
lies ahead when he got home in his beloved country, for he believed that the Filipinos
needs him because during that time Marcos controls everything even the media so
there was no freedom of speech. Upon arriving at the Manila Airport, he was shoot and
being killed by the unknown culprit which until now his case was still unsolved.
Many lives suffered because of the Martial Law, there were human rights
violations, widespread poverty, social inequity, and rural stagnation, and because of
these, it leads to Aquino to stand on behalf of the Filipino people. He wants to be the
voice of his fellow countrymen; he wants to change the government under the
presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. His death was truly worth it because that was the time
when the Filipinos became united and brave to protest against the Marcoses. Afterward,
through the move of late president Cory Aquino wife of Benigno Simeon Aquino Jr. and
the thousands of Filipinos who protested against the dictatorship of Marcos we have
now the freedom of speech where we can freely express our opinions in different
platforms. It is truly one of the remarkable moment happened in our country, the
declaration of Martial Law, the People Power Revolution, and the death of Aquino was a
history that will be remembered even if years will pass.

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