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    The proclamation declaring Ninoy Aquino's death anniversary a holiday did not officially call him a "hero" and did not provide a reason for the holiday beyond commemorating his death. While two other individuals with holidays declared for them were officially declared heroes, Ninoy Aquino was not. The author argues that Aquino was an opportunistic politician focused on his own ambitions rather than serving the public, and that declaring his death anniversary a holiday was done for political patronage rather than to honor a true hero. According to the author, Aquino did not accomplish anything significant as a congressman or senator and his actions such as speaking out against Marcos were not unique.

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    The proclamation declaring Ninoy Aquino's death anniversary a holiday did not officially call him a "hero" and did not provide a reason for the holiday beyond commemorating his death. While two other individuals with holidays declared for them were officially declared heroes, Ninoy Aquino was not. The author argues that Aquino was an opportunistic politician focused on his own ambitions rather than serving the public, and that declaring his death anniversary a holiday was done for political patronage rather than to honor a true hero. According to the author, Aquino did not accomplish anything significant as a congressman or senator and his actions such as speaking out against Marcos were not unique.

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    The proclamation declaring Ninoy Aquino's death anniversary a holiday did not officially call him a "hero" and did not provide a reason for the holiday beyond commemorating his death. While two other individuals with holidays declared for them were officially declared heroes, Ninoy Aquino was not. The author argues that Aquino was an opportunistic politician focused on his own ambitions rather than serving the public, and that declaring his death anniversary a holiday was done for political patronage rather than to honor a true hero. According to the author, Aquino did not accomplish anything significant as a congressman or senator and his actions such as speaking out against Marcos were not unique.

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    Ninoy: Not a hero, not even officially

    According to Robert D. Tiglao the proclamation did not call Aquino a “hero,” nor did it
    explain why a holiday was being declared in his name. The terse six-paragraph text merely said
    it was a holiday “in order to commemorate the death anniversary of former senator Benigno
    “Ninoy” S. Aquino Jr.” That he is a hero is an interpretation from the fact that only two other
    persons have holidays declared in their honor, Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio, who were
    declared heroes in the same legislation that enacted their holidays.

    The late Benigno Aquino Jr. a.k.a. Ninoy Aquino is not a hero; at best he’s just another
    opportunistic politician who entered politics to fulfill his personal ambitions at all cost. He is the
    classic demagogue who spent his time as an elected public official making himself look good
    while his political rivals look bad, using the classic “I’m the good guy and he’s the bad guy”
    card.
    As you can see, the ultimate motive is patronage politics, paying a debt to the “cult of yellow
    ribbon devotees” and not to honor a “hero” who has done something great for the natives of this
    archipelago. Take a look at the proponents of this law; they are the ultimate politicians and
    patronage politics experts.

    And what about the man they imposed upon us to honor? What has he done for the country and
    the natives?

    Ninoy Aquino was a congressman and a senator and during his time as a member of both
    legislative bodies, not a single bill or law was passed coming from him.

    All he did was to deliver speeches denouncing Marcos and his martial rule. But the late Lorenzo
    Tañada, Jose W. Diokno and Jovito Salonga also did the same. They weren’t given a nationwide
    non-working day. All Ninoy did was go to South Korea not as a soldier but as a reporter, but
    even a sophomoric journalist could do it. Ninoy did not fight any battle unlike many soldiers
    who died in Bataan, Corregidor, Marawi City, and Mamasapano, neglected by Ninoy's son, who
    could have done something to save them. All Ninoy did was run for mayor, congressman, then
    senator at very young age. But many did the same. His accomplishments were not
    unprecedented, much less unsurpassed.
    Read more at https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2019/08/21/1945047/did-ninoy-
    aquino-really-deserve-all-honors#ARhyH0zKdLi3yce8.99

    https://www.msn.com/en-ph/kids/other/ninoy-not-a-hero-not-even-officially/ar-AAG4BNO

    https://www.panaynews.net/ninoy-aquino-is-not-a-hero-repeat-not-a-hero/

    https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2019/08/21/1945047/did-ninoy-aquino-really-deserve-
    all-honors

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