Ex-senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan II has a simple challenge to those who participated in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution: tell their story to the next generation and show them by example what it means to be Filipino.

Honasan, who played a key role in the People Power revolt that toppled President Ferdinand Marcos, said it is the responsibility of those who witnessed and participated in the revolt to teach their children about what happened that day.

“Ikuwento natin ang nangyari sa EDSA. Ikuwento natin bakit nagtipon [ang mga tao],” he said in a TeleRadyo Serbisyo interview.

Calling the Spirit of EDSA a “work in progress”, Honasan said the four-day bloodless revolt was not targeted against a single person or administration “but more for good government and reform.”

“Hindi color coded ang mga bandera…Nagsama ang mga tao para sa reporma,” he said. 

Sotto on EDSA People Power: Others want to forget but we can never revise history

February 25, 1986 saw the culmination of the bloodless revolt in the country against the dictatorial rule of Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., father and namesake of the incumbent president.

Rights activists and other groups and institutions typically hold rallies every February 25 in the succeeding years to commemorate the restoration of democracy.