Maria Corazon Cojuanco Aquino

Presidency
President Corazon Aquino assumed office in 1986, following the removal of Ferdinand Marcos
from presidential office. She served as president of the Philippines from 1986 until 1992. As
president, Aquino restored democracy by abolishing the legislature, declaring a revolutionary
government, and appointing a fifty-member commission to write a new constitution, approved
in 1987. In 1988, she oversaw the re-implementation of local elections and, in 1992, the first
presidential election.

What are the things that he/she had done during he/her time of being president
1986 - The NCRFW’s leadership was primarily drawn from academia and women’s non-
governmental organization, and its significant themes resonate with issues raised by the
women’s government. With its doors opened to the vast array of women’s organizations, the
new Board of Commissioners in 1986 included women’s advocates, feminists, and women
professionals representing the private sector.

1987 - Integration of gender equality on 1987 Philippine Constitution. The PDPW served as the
government’s blueprint for integrating women into the development processes.

1989 - RA 6725: An Act Strengthening the Prohibition on Discrimination Against Women with
Respect to Terms and Conditions of Employment. The growing concern to improve the
conditions of women during the Aquino administration resulted in the enactment of necessary
laws.

1990 - Implementation of Republic acts;

RA 6949: An Act to Declare March Eight of Every Year as A Working Special Holiday to Be Known
as National Women’s Day.

RA 6955: Anti-Mail Order Bride Law that outlaws the practice of matching Filipino women for
marriage to foreign nationals on a mail-order basis.
RA 6972: Barangay-Level Total Development and Protection of Children Act that mandates the
establishment of day care centers in every barangay.

Aquino issued two significant legal codes: the Family Code of 1987, which changed civil law on
family relationships, and the Administrative Code of 1987, which reorganized the executive
branch.

Another vital statute passed during her reign was the 1991 Local Government Code, which
devolved national government functions to local government units (LGUs); the new Code also
strengthened LGUs’ ability to adopt local taxation measures and guaranteed them a part of
national revenue.

On July 22, 1987, in response to requests for agrarian reform, Aquino released Presidential
Proclamation 131 and Executive Order 229 outlining her land reform program, which included
sugar lands. With Aquino’s support, the new Congress of the Philippines passed Republic Act
No. 6657, often known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, in 1988.

Muting de avance
The snap election was held on 7 February 1986, and was marred by massive electoralfraud,
violence, intimidation, coercion, and disenfranchisement of voters.

On 15 February 1986, the Batasang Pambansa, which was dominated by Marcos'ruling party
and its allies, declared President Marcos as the winner of the election.However, NAMFREL's
electoral count showed that Corazon Aquino had won.

Aquino claimed victory according to NAMFREL's electoral count and called for arally dubbed
"Tagumpay ng Bayan" (People's Victory Rally) the following day to protest the declaration by
the Batasang Pambansa.
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From February 22 to 25, 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered on Epifanio de los
Santos Avenue to protest President Ferdinand Marcos and his claim that he had won re-
election over Corazon Aquino. Cardinal Jaime Sin, the Archbishop of Manila, called upon
Filipinos to support the peaceful protests.

On February 25, Corazon C. Aquino was sworn in as the elected President, effectively
reinstating democracy following decades of the totalitarian rule of the Marcoses. Democracy
was swept in through the swell of a unified crowd—and it was this tide of the populace that
would fully drive out the dictator from his Palace, stealing out of the country that wanted it no
longer and that which could finally act on it.

Later that same night, protestors stormed Malacañang Palace, exposing the opulent wealth
that the Marcos family had amassed during their time in power. As Corazon Aquino was sworn
in as President, Filipinos were hailed around the world as an example of peaceful revolution
and the restoration of democracy.
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https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/corazon-aquino/

https://pcw.gov.ph/corazon-aquino/

https://kidskonnect.com/people/corazon-aquino/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBs738aNkKU

https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/people-power-revolution-philippines-
1986?language_content_entity=en

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/edsa/the-ph-protest/