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__c_-- FOURTEENTI-1 CONGRESS OF THE ) REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) Third Regular Session 1 SENATE INTRODUCED BY SENATOR VILLAR RESOLUTION EXPlXESSlNG THE SENSE OF THE SENATE AS IT JOINS THE NATION IN MOURNING THE LOSS OF A TRUE FlLIPlNO WHO STOOD FOR DEMOCRACY, TRUTI-I AND PEACE, FORMER PRESIDENT CORAZON COJUANGCB AQUINO Whereas, Maria Corazon Cojuangco was born on January 25, 1933, in Paniqui, Tarlac; Whereas, she was the widow of rormer Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr., an opposition leader and long-time critic of the Marcos administration, who was assassinated on the tarmac of the Manila International Airport upon returning from exile on August 21, 1983; Wlrereas, her husband's assassination sparked a nationwide opposition movement that thrust her into the role of national leader; Whereas, Mrs. Aquino, with the backing of the military, rallied the Filipinos in the 1986 people power revolt that toppled the 20-year regime of strongman Ferdinand Marcos aid catapulted her to the presidency on February 25, 1986; Wherens, she became an international icon of democracy after her victory triggered a wave of pro-democracy movements around the world; Whereas, Mrs. Aquino was named Woman of the Year by Time Magazine in 1986: Whereas, in 1998, she received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding; Whereas, the six-year administration of President Aquino, which ended on June 30, 1992, saw the enactment of a new Philippine Constitution and several significant legal reforms, including a new agrarian reform law; Wltereas, shc died of cardiopulmonary arrest after complications of colon cancer at thc age or76 on August l,2009,3:18am at the Makati Medical Center; Now thererore be it RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, expressing the sense of the Senate as it joins the nation in mourning the loss of a true Filipino who stood for democracy, truth and peace, former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. Adopted. .

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