People Power

Essay

“The more things

change, the
more they stay the
same.” The 1986
EDSA Revolution,
also known
as the People
Power Revolution,
was a very
important event in
Philippine history.
Ferdinand
Marcos,then
President of the
Philippines was
ousted from
the Philippines
after nearly 20
years
of dictatorialregi
me. Protesters He
was replaced by
Corazon Aquino,
the widow of
Senator Benigno
Aquino Jr.,
themajor political
enemy of Marcos.
It brought
a hopeful
beginning of
genuine
development-
economic
andpolitical
not present in
the Marcos
administration.
However,
these hopes never
became
a reality. Today,th
ere limited social
security in the
country, marked
corruption and a
huge contrast
between the rich
andpoor.
Therefore,
the People Power
Revolution proved
to be a failure in
the Philippines.
One of the basic
goals of the EDSA
Revolution in 1986
was to provide
primary supplies to
thepeople who
were suffering
from the
monopolies of the
Marcos regime.
Even so, there
is limited socialsec
urity in the
Philippines which is
one of the human
rights mentioned in
the 1948 Universal
Declarationof
Human Rights. The
right to social
security states
that all humans
should be able to
get food and
othernecessary
amenities at
reasonable prices.
However,
according to the
EDSA article,
six in ten Filipinos
aretrying to
survive on incomes
of P82 or less per
day for their
food and non-food
expenses. After
Marcoswas ousted,
the inflation rate
rose from 0.77% in
1986 to 14.17% in
1990 under the
inexperiencedleade
rship of Corazon
Aquino, as
mentioned in the
Philippine
Statistical
Yearbook.
According to the
CIAWorld
Factbook, around
17% of the
Philippines' s youth
is unemployed.
That is more than
3,400,000young
people that are
capable of
transforming the
economic condition
of the Philippines.