Identify five (5) points highlighted by President Corazon Aquino in her speech before U.S.
Congress on September on September 18, 1986. Explain their significance.
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In her speech, she had mentioned a “president-turned dictator” which she was pertaining to
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. As parted themselves as to anti-Marcos, she talked about Marcos being
a dictator. She pointed out that hundreds of Filipinos were imprisoned and Marcos violated their
democracy.
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She shared her experience returning to the Philippines to bury her late husband, former senator
Benigno Aquino Jr., who was killed at the Manila International Airport in an attempt to seek for
sympathy from her listeners. She was attempting to portray herself as an outraged widow in
order to win over her American listeners.
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When asked if she was seeking help from the US, she mentioned the enormous foreign debt
and said she was pleading with foreign creditors. She claimed that corrupt officials and crooks
received loans from overseas creditors but offered no evidence to support her claims.
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As for her, the US invested a lot of money in attempting to protect democracy, but the Philippines
is a recovering democracy emerging from the misery of dictatorship. She was hinting that the
US should aid the Philippines in its efforts to reestablish democracy.
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She had highlighted the arising of poverty in the country which she was said that the democracy
is all what the Filipino want to achieve.
These five (5) points highlighted by President Corazon Aquino in her speech was a great contribution
to have an insight on the Philippine history during that time. Through her speech, we can gain relevant
information on how our country achieve freedom and how other country like U.S. stepped-in in order to
help Cory Aquino for the desire of a democratic country.