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Mrs. Belma D. Aquino

Mara Corazn Sumulong Cojuangco
January 25, 1933
Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines
Spouse: Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.
Died: August 1, 2009 (aged 76)

11th President of the Philippines
In office: February 25, 1986 June 30, 1992
Political party: Liberal Party, UNIDO, PDP-Laban
Oversaw changes to the constitution that limited the powers of the president
Promoted human rights and civil liberty
Promoted national identity and the Filipino language
Brought back the democracy of the Philippines
Projects:
To formulate policies, plans and programs to ensure the further development, enrichment,
propagation and preservation of Filipino and other Philippine languages;
Promulgate rules, regulations and guidelines to implement its policies, plans and
programs
Undertake or contract research and other studies to promote the evolution, development,
enrichment and eventual standardization of Filipino and other Philippine languages;
Propose guidelines and standards for linguistic forms and expressions in all official
communications, publications, textbooks and other reading and teaching materials;
Encourage to promote, through a system of incentives, grants and awards, the writing and
publication in Filipino and other Philippine languages of original works, including textbooks
and reference materials in various disciplines;
Create and maintain within the Commission a division of translation which shall
encourage through incentives, undertake and vigorously support the translation into Filipino
and other Philippine languages of important historical works and cultural traditions of ethno
linguistic groups, laws, resolutions, and other legislative enactments.




Speech of Her Excellency Corazon C. Aquino
President of the Philippines
During the Joint Session of the United States Congress

Three years ago, I left America in grief to bury my husband, Ninoy
Aquino. I thought, I had left it also to lie to rest his restless dream of Philippine
freedom. His loss, three times in our lives, was always a deep and painful one.
Today, I have returned as the president of a free people, and so began the
revolution that has brought me to democracys most famous home, The Congress
of The United States.
Today, we face the abstraction of a people who had known so much
poverty and massive unemployment for the past fourteen years, and yet offered
their lives for the abstraction of democracy.
Wherever I went to the campaign, slum area, or impoverished village,
they came to me with one cry; democracy. Not food, although they clearly
needed it but democracy. Not work, although they surely wanted it, but democracy.
Not money, for they gave little what they had to my campaign. I feel the pressing
obligation to respond quickly as the leader of a people so deserving of all these
things.
Three years ago, I said thank you, America, for the haven from
oppression, and the home you gave Ninoy, myself and our children.
Today, I say, join us, America, as we build a new home for
democracy, another haven for the oppressed, so it may stand as a shining testament
of our two nations commitment to freedom.