Filipinos Take a Glimpse, Feel the Pulse of People Power

Filipinos Take a Glimpse, Feel the Pulse of People Power

Behind the massive outpouring of mourners for Cory Aquino and the reliving of People Power is the fervent desire among Filipinos to have “that good feeling again.”

MANILA — For the sheer volume of mourners who went out of their way to pay their last respects to Cory; for her funeral march replete with historical déjà vu from Ninoy to Edsa; for the popular prayerful gatherings beginning from the time she was at her deathbed up to her wake and funeral, which had also thrown current President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a comparatively worse light; and for the future challenge of “keeping the spirit of People Power alive” as many mourners wished to do, Cory Aquino’s funeral appears destined to be talked about for a very long time.

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