Comparative Study of EDSA I & EDSA II
“Comparative Study on EDSA I and EDSA II”
In EDSA I people were protesting about an election fraud supposedly done by Ferdinand Marcos during February 1986. EDSA I lasted five days from February 21-25 1986. Many of Corazon Aquino’s devoted followers were angered because they were not able to vote due to the fact that their names were deleted from the registered voter’s list. Members of the Commission on Election left work because they were offended that Ferdinand Marcos was demanding that he should be the winner. After Ferdinand Marcos left his position, he went to Hawaii.
In EDSA II people were protesting about the pre-Estrada senators’ barring of a set of evidence that will convict the president in the on-going impeachment trial. EDSA II lasted for four days from January 17 to 20, 2001. The people were angered because they saw this as “suppression of truth”. The People of EDSA II didn’t trust the honesty of the impeachment court and were predicting an unreasonable verdict. In the end the people gathered in EDSA to continue the protest in the streets instead of in court. Estrada left Malacanang but remained within the country. In both EDSA I and EDSA II, Jaime Cardinal Sin was the one who called on the people to gather at EDSA through Radio Veritas. There was no EDSA flyovers and EDSA Shrine yet during EDSA I. These structures, including the "EDSA Monument" was called "Pamana ng 1986 EDSA People Power." There were no tanks and heavily armed soldiers during EDSA II unlike in EDSA I. Yet both ended peacefully. People wore something yellow during EDSA I while something black during EDSA II. Yellow symbolizes democracy which was being cried for in 1986 while black was worn because of the "death" of justice in the Impeachment trial. EDSA I was more of a solemn crusade, while EDSA II was more like a party. Both were supported by the church.
In EDSA I people were protesting about an election fraud supposedly done by Ferdinand Marcos during February 1986. EDSA I lasted five days from February 21-25 1986. Many of Corazon Aquino’s devoted followers were angered because they were not able to vote due to the fact that their names were deleted from the registered voter’s list. Members of the Commission on Election left work because they were offended that Ferdinand Marcos was demanding that he should be the winner. After Ferdinand Marcos left his position, he went to Hawaii.
In EDSA II people were protesting about the pre-Estrada senators’ barring of a set of evidence that will convict the president in the on-going impeachment trial. EDSA II lasted for four days from January 17 to 20, 2001. The people were angered because they saw this as “suppression of truth”. The People of EDSA II didn’t trust the honesty of the impeachment court and were predicting an unreasonable verdict. In the end the people gathered in EDSA to continue the protest in the streets instead of in court. Estrada left Malacanang but remained within the country. In both EDSA I and EDSA II, Jaime Cardinal Sin was the one who called on the people to gather at EDSA through Radio Veritas. There was no EDSA flyovers and EDSA Shrine yet during EDSA I. These structures, including the "EDSA Monument" was called "Pamana ng 1986 EDSA People Power." There were no tanks and heavily armed soldiers during EDSA II unlike in EDSA I. Yet both ended peacefully. People wore something yellow during EDSA I while something black during EDSA II. Yellow symbolizes democracy which was being cried for in 1986 while black was worn because of the "death" of justice in the Impeachment trial. EDSA I was more of a solemn crusade, while EDSA II was more like a party. Both were supported by the church.