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A ‘fiction of democracy’ that is EDSA 30 years later

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THIRTY years ago today, Filipinos reclaimed their democracy. In 1986, a monumental shift in history was being conceived at EDSA. An oppressed collective had resolved to overturn strongman rule through a peaceful revolt that banked on the promises of freedom, liberty, peace, justice and other universal imperatives. A revived nation, Filipinos

A ‘fiction of democracy’ that is EDSA 30 years later