More about the assassination of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino. The official verdict: the Senator was shot while descending the stairs from his airplane by his military escort–thus Aquino’s death was a military conspiracy, which loosely places the blame on incumbent President: Ferdinand Marcos.
This thought was the spark that set off a critical chain of events that culminated in the ouster of Marcos in 1986.
However, what if the verdict was wrong?
Now, more than 20 years after Ninoy’s death, more and more witnesses and arguments are coming to fore that exonorates the military soliders accused of killing Senator Aquino, and placing the blame on Rolando Galman–the other person shot on the tarmac on the day of Aquino’s death.
Here is the account of the sole civilian witness of Aquino’s assassination that day:
In the same breath, more calls to reopen the case on Ninoy’s assassination, backed by more forensic studies that exonorate the soldiers:
Finally a local forensic expert makes an argument against the official verdict against the soldiers:
However the arguments are compelling, the case remains closed to this day.
I have always wondered why it was missed that if Ninoy was shot on the staircase how come there was no blood stain trailing from the staircase to where he fell.
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Son of late Pres. Marcos once said something like, “If they didn’t throw dad out of the country, the Philippines would be like Singapore now”.
Believe that, in his youth, Marcos had that vision. Turn the Philippines into a prosperous country. Gifted young ones usually have such. He wanted to be a scientist. But pa(?) thought that he could better serve his country by studying law. Admitted himself that he’s a frustrated scientist.
Later, entered into politics. Became president. Helped many poor-but-deserving-ones from rags to riches. Send them to Harvard, Princeton, MIT, etc on scholarship. Established Philippine College of Arts and Sciences (PCAS) (a miniature of the US think tank), who hired them after grad. Placed them in separate salary scale. Became his “think-tank”. Made him very powerful.
But did that fulfill his dream?
Martial Law was the boldest step ever taken by any Philippine president. Ordered every public servant to tender resignation … let military take over.
His mistake was that he drag it too long. Eventually lost his grip on the generals. Believe responsible for Aquino’s assassination.
Marcos was too smart to do that. Knew that killing Aquino will make him another Rizal.
Miles down the track, he changed. Or, should say, the people changed him.
“Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.” (Mark Jenkins)
During the last years of his life, he was an exile. Yes, indeed! He was such an astute man. Left the country without officially tendering his resignation. Must have arranged such with Uncle Sam before allowing to be airlifted out of Malacanang. Definitely, was thinking of staging a comeback. Unfortunately, his cronies abandoned him.
In the annals of history, it will be written that who took over was a de facto president. She was a housewife with no experience in politics.