However, the celebration is not mentioned at all in a presidential proclamation declaring breaks for 2024 that was issued on October 11 and released on Friday.
According to the right organization Karapatan, the Marcos administration’s removal demonstrated its disdain for” important social activities that pursue fairness, truth, and accountability.”
According to Karapatan director general Cristina Palabay, it is” on the verge of plainly distorting story by diminishing, if not completely erasing ,” any evidence that the Filipino people overthrew the Marcos dictatorship and rejected its negative effects on the country.
It was another” state-sponsored attempt to whitewash the history of the brutal dictatorship ,” according to Project Gunita, which is digitizing books, films, and articles about Marcos Sr. ‘ s rule.
The most recent list of holidays does contain August 21, which honors the murder of Benigno” Ninoy” Aquino, who was admired for leading the fight to reestablish democracy in the island along with his family, the late former leader Corazon.