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Benigno Aquino Reaction

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Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.: Reaction Paper Benigno Aquino Jr. is the husband of the former President of the Philippines Corazon C. Aquino and father to the current president of the Republic of Philippines, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Benigno Aquino Jr. or known as “Ninoy” is one of the youngest politician who became a senator at a young age. He had a big possibility to be the President of the Philippines in the year 1989 but unexpected event happened, it is his assassination. In the movie, “The Assassination of Ninoy”, it shows how Benigno Aquino Jr. fight for the democracy of the Philippines resulting to his death. This movie also reveals some secrets or answers to the questions about the assassination of Ninoy. Here are some events that tackle in the movie. In the year 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos, declared the Proclamation 1081 or better known as “Martial Law”. He stated that the main reason of declaring Martial Law is to save the country against different crimes happened during that time. For Imelda Marcos, wife of President Ferdinand Marcos, during the Martial Law times, the country Philippines has been very peaceful. According to Rudolfo Salas, a former chairman of Philippine Communist Party, hundreds thousands were imprisoned during Martial Law including Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. In the year 1977, Senator Ninoy found guilty of the crimes like murder, and possession of …show more content…

it answered some questions. This questions are: 1. What are the other purpose of Martial Law aside from the safety of the people during that time? 2. What is the feeling of Imelda Marcos in the Martial Law? 3. How many were imprisoned during martial in fighting the freedom of the Filipinos? 4. What do Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos feel about Ninoy? 5. What is the level of friendship between Ninoy and Ferdinand Marcos? 6. What are the reasons why Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. got

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