Sunday, August 4, 2019

People Power Revolution: Aftermath

"But, the biggest gatherings in the world, a few months after the 1986 revolution, like the anniversary celebration of Catholic Charismatic Renewal group El Shaddai to coincidence with the birthday celebration of it's founder Bro. Mike Velarde in August and the Evangelical Charismatic Christian group Jesus is Lord Church to coincidence with the birthday celebration of televangelist Bro. Eddie Villanueva in October at the Quirino Grandstand, a few years before the January 12 to 16, 1995 Manila visit of Pope John Paul II for the 10th World Youth Day in Manila, when the final mass held on January 15, 1995, it is the largest papal crowd in history, the Philippine Centennial celebration on June 12, 1998 attended by more than four million people and the State Visit and Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to the Philippines 2015 closing mass on January 18, 2015, both are the world's biggest and the largest peaceful religious gatherings in the world, not only in the Philippines."

Legacy

The People Power Revolution has inspired a call for change of government through peaceful protests rather than bloodshed. Many similar revolutions have followed since then, taking the Philippine example of nonviolent regime change, such as that in East Germany and many other former Soviet Bloc countries.

The EDSA Revolution Anniversary is a special public holiday in the Philippines. Since 2010, the holiday has been a special non-working holiday.

Rampant corruption during the term of President Joseph Estrada led to the similar Second EDSA Revolution leading to his resignation from the presidency.

On January 20, 2001, Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was sworn as the second female and the 14th President of the Philippines. Estrada was stepped down as the 13th President of the Philippines from his office in MalacaƱan Palace.

On September 12, 2007, Estrada was found guilty of plunder beyond reasonable doubt by the Philippine anti-graft court and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was pardoned by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on October 25, 2007.

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/The-Philippines,-1995:-Pope-dreams-of-the-Third-Millennium-of-Asia-2947.html