Soldiers on top of an armoured personnel carrier handout rosary at the People Power monument during the 25th People Power revolution anniversary in Manila on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
MANILA - PHILIPPINE President Benigno Aquino III said on Friday that the struggle for good governance and the fight against the corruption that characterized the brutal regime of Ferdinand Marcos continues 25 years after the late dictator's ouster in the 'People Power' revolution.
In a speech to mark the four-day revolt in 1986 that restored democracy and ended Marcos' 20-year regime, Mr Aquino recalled that Marcos ruled with an iron fist as he enriched his family and associates amid the nation's poverty.
Marcos died in exile in Hawaii three years after his ouster.
Poverty, corruption and insurgency are still major problems in the Philippines.
Mr Aquino said the revolt raised hopes that democracy would also bring prosperity and a government that would safeguard the people's money, but said that did not happen in the decade under his predecessor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
'There were some who betrayed the public trust and raided government coffers,' he said. 'With good governance to fight corruption, we can free our people from poverty.' -- AP
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