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MANILA, Philippines?As more Filipinos live in poverty and are deprived of the promised reforms, Edsa 1 has proven to be ?a failure,? said Ilocos Norte Representative Ferdinand ?Bongbong? Marcos Jr., whose father and family were ousted during the bloodless uprising.
?Umangat ba ang kabuhayan ng mamamayang Pilipino? Nasaan ang pagbabago? Bigo ang Edsa 1. Lumala lamang ang kahirapan at hindi nagawang linisin sa katiwalian ang burukrasya ng pamahalaan (Have the lives of the Filipinos improved? Where are the reforms? Edsa 1 is a failure. Poverty has worsened and corruption in the bureaucracy was not eradicated),? Marcos said in a statement.
Marcos, who is seeking a senatorial seat under the Nacionalista Party of Senator Manuel Villar, said his family could never accept what happened 24 years ago because it made the lives of Filipinos worse.
The country was under a better government during the term of his late father and namesake, he said. It had direction and concrete programs that benefited the people, he added.
?Maari ko sanang tanggapin at ng aking pamilya ang Edsa 1, pero kung wala namang pagbabago at patuloy pa rin ang paghihirap ng mamamayang Pilipino, ikinalulungkot ko pero hindi ko maaaring tanggapin ito (My family and I could accept Edsa 1, but if there have not been any changes and the Filipino people continue to be poor, I?m sorry to say but I cannot accept it),? Marcos said.
Marcos said the administrations that came after his father failed to improve the economy, peace and order, and did not deliver the basic services to the people. He also said that the Edsa 1 uprising opened the floodgates to some sectors of society to go against the government using extra-constitutional powers.
Edsa 1 ousted the military-backed Marcos dictatorship through a bloodless revolt and
propelled Corazon Aquino to power. The Marcoses and some of their associates flew to
Hawaii and lived there in exiled until the death of the strongman in 1989. They have
since returned to the country, and Marcos and sister, Imee, entered politics.
