Philippine protesters celebrate ‘People Power’ ousting of Marcos Sr.

MANILA, Philippines --- Philippine protesters held a noisy rally Saturday for the 37th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution, which ousted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s dictator father and sent the family into exile. It was the first commemoration of the uprising since Marcos Jr. took office in June 2022. He has praised his father's 20-year regime, which critics describe as a dark period of human rights abuses and corruption that left the country impoverished. READ: Marcos' martial law: Golden age for corruption, abuses As leftist rock music blared over a loudspeaker, hundreds of protesters, including survivors of the elder Marcos's martial law crackdown that l...Keep on reading: Philippine protesters celebrate ‘People Power’ ousting of Marcos Sr.

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