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Leni Robredo’s Pink Revolution

Trying to prove EDSA was no mirage

May 05, 2022
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By: Criselda Yabes

There is an unusual festive revolution unfolding in the Philippine campaign for the presidential election that will take place next week. Since election fever started to rise in early February, it has become a striking parallel to the 1986 people-power revolt that wound up bloodlessly toppling a dictator. This time around, supporters o…

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