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EDSA 1986, UNPUBLISHED

9 Things We Don’t Know About the
People Power Revolt, According to JPE
MANILA - As the nation prepares supported her in the snap elections, would later lead the call over radio for up by Enrile while he was going to
to mark the 30th anniversary of from a broad range of sectoral and civilians to flock to that part of EDSA Senate Minority Floor Leader Juan Ponce Enrile, one Camp Aguinaldo from his House in
the EDSA People Power Revolution political groups straddling Left, Right between Camps Aguinaldo and Crame of the principal players of the 1986 EDSA revolt. File Dasmariñas Village on February 22;
on February 22 - 25, one of its key and Center. and shield the rebel soldiers fighting photograph by Ana Relova, InterAksyon.com and he spread the tiny bits of paper all
players, Senate Minority Floor Leader the Marcos regime. over EDSA in front of Camp Crame.
Juan Ponce Enrile shares some things At the Tapatan forum, Enrile, who arrest warrant issued against all
most people don’t know about those said last week he won’t be attending • The Rebolusyunaryong members of RAM after former Chief Capping his recollection of the
dramatic four days that ended a this year’s anniversary rites even if Alyansang Makabayan (RAM) of Staff Gen. Fabian Ver arrested five revolt, Enrile told Tapatan forum, “If
dictatorship and gave the world a fresh invited, rued the loss of “the notion of consolidated their forces within 24 coup plotters, including an aide of then President Marcos wanted to use his
template in bloodless regime change. the spirit that went with it [EDSA],” hours before Enrile announced that First Lady Imelda Marcos. presidential military power against us
pointing out that “we participated they were severing their allegiance to early on February 22 1986, he could
Guesting at the Tapatan Forum at in that effort in order to bring back the Marcos government on February • Philip Habib, aide of former have easily destroyed us,” though it
Aristocrat Restaurant in Manila on electoral democracy in the country.” 22. President Ronald Reagan, saw Enrile remains unclear whether Marcos even
Monday, Enrile said the true meaning first before talking to Marcos on had that choice of whether or not to
of the 1986 event is being processed February 22, not 25. In his view, • It is the RAM, not Cory Aquino February 18. Enrile confirmed that unleash violence against all plotters,
“until now, because the people who the EDSA People Power Revolution or the United Nationalist Democratic Habib left the country on February 22 given that the dictator did not yet
took power did not understand its should be celebrated on February 22, Organization (UNIDO) of former as reported then. know all of them that early Saturday
spirit.” not 25 as “mandated” by the Aquino Vice President Salvador Laurel, that morning.
administration, since the uprising decided to go to EDSA and not to • Enrile asked an Israeli diplomat
“It was an accidental event of the against the Marcos dictatorship was Luneta or Plaza Miranda – the usual to procure for him 300 Uzi and 500 Still, Enrile said, Marcos’ military, if
history of the country. It inspired many on that fateful Saturday. places for this kind of events – to Galil multipurpose assault rifles, unleashed totally against them, might
people, but I don’t think, the people topple the Marcos government. which were transported to the country have decimated the rebel soldiers
who took power – as well as those Nevertheless, he shared the things without Marcos or Ver getting wind of “although we prepared a force to fight
who followed – really understood the he knew as one of EDSA’s principal • About 3,000 members of the it. the government without the need
meaning of that event,” said Enrile, players, which he said remain Military Police Brigade under Brig. of support from any other sector of
who, as defense minister at the time, unknown to most Filipinos until now: Gen. Pedro Balbanero, not 19 as • RAM documents including the society.”
together with then AFP Vice Chief of reported, secured the perimeter of list of its core members were torn
Staff Fidel Ramos, broke ranks with • Enrile made a series of calls not Camp Aguinaldo. EDSA historians have mostly
the strongman Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for military or financial support, but concluded that it was the civilian
just to inform the following of their • Up until his proclamation on buffer (estimated in the millions)
He would later be appointed plot: US Ambassador to the Philippines February 19, 1986 by the Batasan who ringed the areas around the two
defense secretary by President Corazon Stephen W. Bosworth and Japanese Pambansa as winner of the snap camps, that stayed the dictator’s hand
C. Aquino, but, in less than a year, envoy Kiyoshi Somiya; Rafael Salas, election, President Marcos did not from unleashing an all-out war on the
would exit the Cabinet, which was UN Ambassador; Father Efren Datu believe that there was such an event key revolt players. n Ernie Reyes / InterAksyon.
quickly polarized into the factions that of Radio Veritas, and Jaime Cardinal forthcoming to topple his government.
Sin, the archbishop of Manila, who com / February 8, 2016 / 4:08 pm
• Enrile was not included in the

Comelec all set for mock elections
MANILA - Mock elections will the AES must be kept in escrow with the is come Election Day we are as close to

push through on Saturday after the Bangkok Sentral ng Pilipinas. perfection,” he said.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) The source code contains human Bautista added, “You need a

said on Friday it has deposited at the readable instructions that define what the technical rehearsal to make sure of the

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) the computer equipment will do. lights and sounds systems and that’s

“corrected” source codes that will be The mock elections will be held in 20 what we are going to do tomorrow

used by the machines for the automated locations across the nation from 7 a.m. (Saturday). In case you find something

election system in the May 9 local and to 12 noon while two polling districts in wrong it can be something that is

national polls. Manila and Quezon City will conduct the positive instead of negative.”

“Because of this, tomorrow, we will poll rehearsal from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. He said the votes will be transmitted

proceed to mock elections and we will The event would simulate the conduct via satellite tomorrow since the SIM

see what will happen,” said Comelec of elections such the deployment, voting, cards that are supposed to be used on

Chairman Juan Andres Bautista. counting, consolidation and canvassing. Election Day itself are not ready yet.

Bautista reported the source codes “We will simulate elections as they The pricing of the SIM cards is still

were deposited after fixing the “issues” happen on May 9. It’s a real or general under negotiation.

that were earlier found in the source rehearsal that we will be conducting,” he On Tuesday, the Comelec will face
codes of the Election Management InterAksyon file photos of Vice President Jejomar Binay and Sen. Gregorio Honasan.
said. a joint congressional committee

System (EMS), Consolidation and think we are already okay,” he said. poll body was already able to escrow the Bautista said they want to see the hearing on the automated election

Canvassing System (CCS), and the Vote Earlier this week, service provider corrected EMS as well as those of the CCS system (elections) in action and in case system to explain why it did not

Counting Machines (VCMs). Smartmatic International and and VCMs at the BSP vault. there are problems they would be able follow the law which states that three

“We had an end-to-end international certifier SLI Global Solutions “What we are doing right now is to identify them and be able to resolve them. months before the elections, it should

demonstration yesterday (Thursday) at had to redo the trusted build of the EMS, comply with the law so we did deposit the “Again kung meron tayo makikita na have secured a certification from SLI

the Sta. Rosa (Laguna) warehouse and I CCS, and VCMs after “glitches” were found three source codes,” Bautista explained. problema bukas” (if we see a problem Global Solutions. n Maricel Halili / News5 /

was informed that it was successful... As in their respective source codes. Section 9 of the Election Automation tomorrow), in a way it can help us improve Ferdinand G. Patinio / Philippines News Agency /

far as the source codes are concerned, I After rebuilding the source codes, the Law provides that the source code of better. Ang mahalaga (What’s important) February 13, 2016 / 12:27 am

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