Palace enjoins public to reflect on the legacy of the late Senator Ninoy Aquino in commemoration of his 29th death anniversary

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Palace enjoins public to reflect on the legacy of the late Senator Ninoy Aquino in commemoration of his 29th death anniversary

Presidential Communications Operations Office

posted 21-Aug-2012 ·

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The Aquino administration enjoined our countrymen of all ages to reflect on what Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. had hoped to achieve by coming home 29 years ago.

"On August 21, 1983, after three years of exile in the United States, Senator Aquino arrived in the Philippines, determined to raise the fallen standard of democracy in the country he so loved," Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said in a statement issued on Tuesday in commemoration of the 29th anniversary of the martyrdom of the former Senator Aquino.

Former Senator Aquino's act was one of ultimate faith in the Philippines and his fellow Filipinos – anchored on the principle that only peaceful reconciliation with justice would achieve the restoration of democracy to prevent a Communist takeover and economic ruin, according to Lacierda.

"His return was the ultimate act of surrender and self-sacrifice of a man who had endured seven years and seven months of imprisonment out of principle, to prove that the nation could find its faith in democracy once more," he said.

"We are making available to the public, for the first time, the Filipino translation of Ninoy’s famous undelivered statement. May his words, life, and martyrdom, continue to inspire us and sustain our efforts towards reform," Lacierda noted. The said Filipino translation has been posted in the Official Gazette online.

The assassination of Aquino shocked not only the country but the rest of the world and awakened the entire Filipino nation, which started a series of protests, rallies, marches and demonstrations throughout the Philippines.

Aquino, a critic of then President Ferdinand Marcos, returned to the Philippines after a three-year exile in the United States and was shot dead at the tarmac of the Manila International Airport.

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