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Manila Bulletin devider devider Duterte likely to skip EDSA People Power festivities for 3rd straight year

Duterte likely to skip EDSA People Power festivities for 3rd straight year

Published Feb 20, 2019 03:50 pm
By Argyll Cyrus Geducos  Malacañang said President Duterte will likely not attend this year's celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution to focus anew on other matters. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo (OPS / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo
(OPS / MANILA BULLETIN) According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, there was no news yet if Duterte will grace the program for the EDSA People Power Anniversary on Monday. However, he said that the President might just skip it. "Last time wala naman, two years nang wala, eh. So most likely hindi rin a-attend 'yun (Last year he did not attend so he skipped it for two years already. So most likely he will not attend this year as well)," he said. "Maraming trabaho ang Presidente eh. Kahapon nga nagmamadali siyang tapusin, 30 minutes, kasi meron pa siyang lakad. Masipag (He has a lot of work to do. Yesterday he hurried from his event because he still has other things to do. He's hardworking)," he added. This would be the third straight year that Duterte will be skipping. However, Panelo explained that Duterte skipping the EDSA rites has nothing to do with his closeness to the Marcoses, the family ousted by the revolution symbolized by former President Cory Aquino. "No connection, whatsoever," Panelo told Malacañang reporters in an interview. "Marami lang trabaho si Presidente eh (The President just has a lot of work to do). He'd rather spend time reading documents concerning the government, reading books to enhance his intellect some more," he added. The Palace official, however, said that the EDSA People Power Revolution is still important to the President. "I remember he issued a statement, di ba (right)? He always issues a statement eh, in support. So, it's important ," Panelo said. "Selebrasyon lang naman 'yan eh. Marami namang nagpupunta diyan to represent (It's just a celebration anyway. There are many people who can go there and represent him)," he added. Last year, Duterte called for unity and solidarity to defend the institutions that safeguard the freedom brought by the EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986. According to Duterte, the Filipinos, through the first EDSA revolution, had shown the world how a people's courage and resolve can alter the course of a nation's history. "Since then, the People Power Revolution has become the enduring symbol of our determination to fight for what is right and---during our country's most crucial and trying times---to defend and uphold our cherished democratic values," he said. In 2017, Duterte said that no single group can lay claim over the result of the said revolution. "No single party, ideology, religion, or individual could claim credit for the bloodless revolution at EDSA in the same way that no single party, ideology, religion, or individual could claim a monopoly of patriotism," Duterte said. "EDSA lives on and the spirit should continue to inspire heroism in all of us for the greater glory of God and country," he added. For the first anniversary celebration of the movement under the Duterte administration, Malacañang chose to hold a "simple and quiet" EDSA People Power anniversary rites. "It's going to be very simple and very quiet... It will be about a reflection on nation-building," former Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella had said. "The emphasis has shifted. It is no longer a celebration of the past; it is now a reflection on what can happen in the future... We are moving on from those things," he added.
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