Reaction Paper About Ninoy Aquino

Ninoy’s Assassination

On August 21, 1983, Senator Benigno Aquino was killed a few seconds after he exited the plane in the then-called Manila International Airport despite the plane being filled with media representatives and the airport surrounded by thousands of security forces. And many years after his death, the questions still remains unanswered on who killed him and less so on who ordered his murder.
Rolando Galman, the alleged murderer claimed by the Marcos administration, was immediately gunned by the Aviation Security Command. For the government, Galman was considered a communist who was ordered to kill Aquino by the NPAs. But, according to the media, he was a suspect because he was an “underworld figure with military ties” This allegation was supported by an autopsy.
However, upon further investigation, this accusation was rejected. A testimonial was

It can never really be concluded with the evidence at hand and various conflicting testimonials. All I know is that I was really sad when I watched the documentary because Ninoy Aquino was a really upright, brilliant and articulate man. At 17 years old, he was already involved in endeavors representing the Filipino. He was also declared as the youngest mayor, vice-governor and senator which led him to be called the “Wonder Boy”. And until the Marcos regime, his love for his country only intensified to the extent that he was willing to die for it. He strongly fought for freedom through non-violence. Indeed, Senator Benigno Aquino was a true icon of the Filipinos. Jovito Salonga even referred to him as “the greatest president we never had”.
For a moment, I wished Marcos did not lust for excessive power. When he became the President of the Philippines, our country was on our way to being a tiger economy, second to Japan. But then after his 21 years of ruling, the Philippine government went into bankruptcy and many Filipino people suffered because it. The common people always