The 25th is the anniversary of the democracy movement that ousted the late dictator Marcos, the former president of the Philippines.
However, President Marcos, the eldest son and current president, has decided not to mark this anniversary as a national holiday, and some citizens are protesting that it is an attempt to rewrite history.
In the Philippines, 38 years ago on the 25th, the late former President Marcos, who had established a dictatorial regime, was overthrown by a large number of people who took to the streets to protest, and the government collapsed.
In the Philippines, this day has been a national holiday every year as a commemoration of the democracy movement called "People Power," but this year, the eldest son of the former president, current President Marcos, declared it a national holiday by executive order. I decided not to.
Against this backdrop, civil society groups held a rally at a conference center in the capital, Manila, which was one of the venues for the democracy movement, and participants said that the decision not to make the anniversary a public holiday was an attempt to rewrite history. There were also voices of opposition.
Additionally, at the venue, videos from that time were shown, and the significance of the democratization movement was emphasized by commemorating those who sacrificed during the dictatorship.
A 17-year-old female high school student who participated said, ``At school, we don't learn about the history of the democracy movement in detail, so I came to learn about it with my girlfriend's mother.''
In addition, an 18-year-old high school boy said, ``It's sad that the government seems to be trying to revise or destroy history.We young people must not forget the history of past atrocities and how we won our current freedoms.'' ” he says.