The People Power Revolution and EDSA People Power was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly

in Metro Manila, from February 22–25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and
electoral fraud. The nonviolent revolution led to the departure of Ferdinand Marcos, the end of his 20-year presidential term and the
restoration of democracy in the Philippines. It is also referred to as the Yellow Revolution due to the presence of yellow ribbons
during demonstrations (in reference to the Tony Orlando and Dawn song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree") following
the assassination of Filipino senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. in August 1983 upon his return to the Philippines from exile. It was
widely seen as a victory of the people against two decades of presidential rule by President Marcos, and made news headlines as
"the revolution that surprised the world".
The majority of the demonstrations took place on a long stretch of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, more commonly known by its
acronym EDSA, in Metro Manila from February 22–25, 1986. They involved over two million Filipino civilians, as well as several
political and military groups, and religious groups led by Cardinal Jaime Sin, the Archbishop of Manila, along with Catholic Bishops'
Conference of the Philippines President Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, the Archbishop of Cebu. The protests, fueled by the resistance and
opposition from years of governance by President Marcos and his cronies, culminated with the absolute ruler and his family
fleeing Malacañang Palace to exile in Hawaii. Ninoy Aquino's widow, Corazon Aquino, was immediately installed as
the eleventh President as a result of the revolution.[6]
Though sometimes described as a peaceful revolution, the People Power Revolution coincided with more militant and violent
revolutionary movements that had formed during the Marcos dictatorship, namely the communist CPP–NPA–NDF rebellion[7][failed
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 and the Muslim independence movement of the Moro National Liberation Front.[8]