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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Re:Cory Aquino Tributes & the Edsa 2 Denial Syndrome

"I reviewed the news clip on that famous apology &, based from the late President's facial expressions & slight turn of the head away from Estrada's gaze just before she let out the fateful words of apology, it revealed either a hesitancy or a moment of unease that come from a feeling of regret or some shame. Take note that her apology came after she was diagnosed w/ cancer. It seemed that even for an honest & sincere person like her, it had to take the diagnosis of an often-terminal disease before the admission of guilt to a great blunder could be made...."
Newsvine - Cory Aquino Tributes & the Edsa 2 Denial Syndrome
jesusabernardo.newsvine.com
THE necrological services on the fourth day of the wake of former President Corazon Aquino struck this column as disconcertingly Edsa 2 in composition and sound, no matter that the VIPs who remained in their pews represented all the Edsa revolts--Edsa 1, 2 & 3. Except for Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, the public figures who took the podium were movers or stalwarts of the 2001 "People Power" power grab.
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  1. Jesusa BernardoDecember 26, 2010 at 1:46 AM

    ‎"In the first place, would President Aquino have really wanted a sanitized version of her life in a book dedicated to the Filipino people? The religious, the friends, the politicians--they have all been hailing her for being "honest," "sin...cere," "clean," "moral," and "transparent"--traits reflected in her presidency and in her post-1992 advocacies. Shouldn't it be proper that such uncanny honesty and truthfulness, to be tempered of course by due respect, also mark the eulogies and tributes to her? Wouldn't Tita Cory have preferred to be remembered for what she truly was--unpretentious in her ways and beliefs?"

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