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Corazon Aquino

The Mother of Philippine Democracy

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She was the first female president in Philippine history and the central figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution.[1] The 11th president of the Philippines, serving from 1986 to 1992, was Corazon Aquino.[2] Various news organizations have called her the "Mother of Democracy".[1]

Key facts and history

On December 3, 1985, Aquino officially declared her candidacy for president after a petition of 1.2 million signatures was presented to her.[3] On January 25, 1933, in Paniqui, Tarlac, María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco was born.[4] The February 7, 1986 snap election experienced widespread fraud, violence, and intimidation.[5][6] Philip Habib, an American diplomat, proposed a power-sharing arrangement, but Aquino turned it down.[7][8]

Aquino led the creation of the 1987 Constitution, which curtailed presidential authority and brought back a bicameral Congress.[9] Her economic strategy involved breaking up crony capitalist monopolies from the Marcos era and promoting a free market.[9]

What the research sources say

Aquino herself revealed in a 1990 interview that RAM representatives approached her brother in late 1985 or early January 1986.[6] The Commission report stated that a planned coup attempt was aborted by Marcos's security forces and overtaken by the massive outpouring of people at EDSA.[6] Aquino's Fulbright Prize speech described how her husband Ninoy had made yellow the color of courage.[10] The University of Mount Saint Vincent's memorial statement noted that Aquino's authenticity and virtue made possible public trust and the refounding of democratic institutions.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Corazon Aquino" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lo, "Filipinos Mourn 'Mother of Democracy' Cory Aquino", CBS News, August 5, 2009; "Filipinos mourn the mother of democracy", The Scotsman; "Tears for mother of democracy", Smh.com.au, August 6, 2009; Banggollay, "Re: Cory Aquino, Mother of Philippine Democracy", ABS-CBN News (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Corazon Aquino" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino", National Historical Commission of the Philippines (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Corazon Aquino" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1 Million Back Candidacy of Aquino Widow", Los Angeles Times, November 25, 1985; "Flashback to 1985: A Cory memory", The Philippine Star, August 7, 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Corazon Aquino" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Corazon C. Aquino", malacanang.gov.ph (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Corazon Aquino" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Final Report of the Fact-Finding Commission: IV: Military Intervention in the Philippines: 1986–1987 | GOVPH", October 3, 1990; "Gringo plotted to kill Marcos – Almonte", February 24, 2015; "Setting the record straight on Edsa 1", The Manila Times (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "The Final Report of the Fact-Finding Commission: IV: Military Intervention in the Philippines: 1986–1987 | GOVPH", October 3, 1990. facts only, no text reused. web.archive.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Corazon Aquino" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pico Iyer, "Corazon Aquino", January 5, 1987; "Filipino coup leaders tell Marcos to go", BBC, February 22, 1986; "Filipino coup leaders tell Marcos to go", BBC, February 22, 1986 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. "Filipino coup leaders tell Marcos to go", BBC, February 22, 1986. facts only, no text reused. news.bbc.co.uk
  9. Wikipedia, "Corazon Aquino" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. "The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines." https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitution (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Aquino, "Speech Upon Receipt Of The Fulbright Prize – Oct. 11, 1996", Iowa State University. facts only, no text reused. awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu
  11. Munch, "College of Mount Saint Vincent Mourns the Death of the Hon. Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, Former President of the Philippines", University of Mount Saint Vincent, August 3, 2009. facts only, no text reused. mountsaintvincent.edu

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Corazon Aquino (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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