Philippines: demonstration against the Marcos clan for the anniversary of the 1986 revolution. In 1986, a large popular movement ended Ferdinand Marcos' two decades of power.
His son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., now president, refused to declare the day a holiday, as is tradition. Popular mobilization also aims to oppose a constitutional reform which could strengthen the power of the current head of state and his family. The event symbolizes the end of dictatorship, corruption and human rights violations at the time, says opposition MP France L. Castro.