Marcos calls for ‘unity, reconciliation’ on his first EDSA anniversary as president

by James relativo Philstar.com

MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sent his “warmest greetings” to all Filipinos here and abroad who solemnly recall the 37th EDSA People Power Anniversary, a popular uprising which ousted his father from power in 1986.

Late Thursday, February 23, Marcos moved the February 25 regular holiday to Friday, February 24 as a special non-working holiday, with the Department of Labor and Employment calling Saturday, February 25 just an “ordinary working day.”

“As we look back at this moment in our country’s history, we remind ourselves that despite the polarizing and divisive nature of our politics, it is our capacity for peace, unity and reconciliation that made us great and worthy of global acclaim as a people,” Marcos said in a statement released by the state-run Philippine News Agency.

“To obtain our aspirations moving forward, we must compose ourselves and u PAGE