Aquino was put through military trial, charged with murder, illegal possession of firearms, and subversion. He endured seven years of incarceration before he was allowed to seek medical treatment in the United States for a heart condition.
After three years in exile, he returned to Manila, but was gunned down before he could set foot on the tarmac. His assassination started a chain of events that would eventually lead to the People Power Revolution of Benigno S. Aquino ; his four daughters; and his son, Benigno S. Aquino III. Below is the draft of the speech he was to deliver on the day he died. I have returned on my free will to join the ranks of those struggling to restore our rights and freedoms through non-violence.
I seek no confrontation. I only pray and will strive for a genuine national reconciliation founded on justice. I am prepared for the worst, and have decided against the advice of my mother, my spiritual adviser, many of my tested friends and a few of my most valued political mentors.
A death sentence awaits me. Two more subversion charges, both calling for death penalties, have been filed since I left three years ago and are now pending with the courts. I could have opted to seek political asylum in America, but I feel it is my duty, as it is the duty of every Filipino, to suffer with his people especially in time of crisis.
I never sought nor have I been given any assurance, or promise of leniency by the regime. I return voluntarily armed only with a clear conscience and fortified in the faith that in the end, justice will emerge triumphant. According to Gandhi, the willing sacrifice of the innocent is the most powerful answer to insolent tyranny that has yet been conceived by God and man. Three years ago when I left for an emergency heart bypass operation, I hoped and prayed that the rights and freedoms of our people would soon be restored, that living conditions would improve and that blood-letting would stop.
Rather than move forward we have moved backward. The killings have increased, the economy has taken a turn for the worse and the human rights situation has deteriorated. The law provided universal access to contraception, fertility control, sexual education and maternal care.
Though it was met with fierce criticism in the Philippines, which has a majority Catholic population, experts said the law helped women and managed population growth. With Aquino as the chief architect of Philippine foreign policy, the country filed its arbitration case against China over claims in the South China Sea in In July , the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favour of the Philippines, invalidating China's territorial claims.
Beijing rejected the verdict, but the move won Aquino popular support with Filipinos. Under the constitution he was unable to stand for another term in elections that year, and was succeeded in office by the populist Rodrigo Duterte.
New Philippine president sworn in. Image source, Getty Images. Mr Aquino was seen as continuing his parents' legacy. Blue-blooded parentage. Image source, AFP. The late Cory Aquino, seen in a file photo with her son, also led the Philippines as president. Political ascent. Aquino had popular support early in his career. You might also be interested in:.
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