Rasol, Haya I. BS Social Work GEC105 Hh July 8, 2021 President Corazon C. Aquino’s Speech before the US Congress After reading Corazon Aquino's speech before the joint session of US Congress, these are the three main points I have observed: 1. The struggles her husband Benigno Simeon Aquino Jr. experiences and how it affected she was and their family. She had mentioned how she lost her husband three times in their family's life. First is when her husband was detained along with some senators, publishers, and people who had spoken for democracy for 43 days. They locked him up in a tiny, nearly airless cell in a military camp in the north, stripped him naked and threatened him with execution. The second time is when he fasted after he was put on trial for subversion, murder, and a host of other crimes. He said that if he survived it, he was intended to do other things. By the 40th day, he called off the fast. The third time as mentioned was the most painful one according to Corazon Aquino. She lost him for good when her husband died. After all that has happened, she became the key in attaining democracy for the country and its people after Marcos' regime. 2. The happenings during the presidential elections on 1986. She took the responsibilities in taking care and fighting for the sake of freedom of the whole country. She was reported to have lost the elections which made her supporters challenge the results which resulted to the EDSA People Power Revolution that made Marcos step down from his reign and ended his 20-year rule. With that being said, Corazon Aquino became the official President on February 25, 1986 until June 30, 1992. She became the 11th president of the country and also the first woman to hold that position. 3. The appeal for help or for financial assistance after being in debt of $26 billion to restore full constitutional government and for recovering the economy of the country. The situation of the country after being left with all the things after the Marcos administration made her sought for help to address the $26 billion dollars of foreign debt. For over a decade, the country was left to an oppressed situation. Moreover, she also called for help in preserving the freedom that the Filipinos have always asked for. She even narrated what happened when she was campaigning that instead of people asking her for food which clearly they need, they were crying for democracy that they also won at the end.
