Marcos offers reconciliation to people of Philippines; critics demand atonement

Catholic nuns hold roses during a protest commemorating the 37th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution that overthrew the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, near the EDSA People Power monument, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 25, 2023. - Reuters

MANILA, Feb 26 (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): After recently telling an international audience that he ran for public office to protect his family, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered a “hand of reconciliation” to his critics and opponents on Saturday as the country marked the 37th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution that toppled his late father’s dictatorship.

“I am one with the nation in remembering those times of tribulation and how we came out of them united and stronger as a nation,” he said in a statement.