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Feb 22 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
#TodayinHistory in 1986, after a plot to assault Malacañang was uncovered, Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile & AFP Vice Chief-of-Staff Fidel V. Ramos held a press con announcing defection from Ferdinand Marcos. Cardinal Sin called on people to protect them. #EDSA36 #History Image
In 1985, to placate the growing concern of the int'l community on #PH under Marcos, Marcos agreed to a Snap Elections on 7 Feb 1986. Corazon Aquino & Salvador Laurel ran as opposition.
On election day, & days that followed for tally & canvassing of votes, int'l observers note widespread fraud & violence threatening the integrity of the elections. Upon announcement in Batasan that Marcos won, majority of people boycotted crony companies.
On 21 Feb, a plot by the military vs. Marcos was uncovered: the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) planned to attack Malacañang on Feb 23 at 1:30 am from the palace riverside, arrest Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos in their bedroom, & declare a military junta.
RAM was formed in 1980 by Col. Gringo Honasan (w/ blessing from Enrile). In Jan. 1986, the plan was hatched. Honasan persuaded Maj. Edgardo Doromal of the Presidential Security Command to join RAM & be a mole in the Palace.
Doromal, however, couldn't keep it to himself. Paranoid he would be implicated, he revealed the plot to Col. Irwin Ver, who revealed it to his father, Fabian Ver. Thus, #onthisday, from 2 to 3 am, all military personnel linked to RAM were arrested...
with tightened cordon around the Palace. Enrile decided to defect openly. In the afternoon, Enrile sought support from AFP Vice Chief of Staff Fidel V. Ramos, Marcos’ cousin, who had resented Marcos for letting Ver overstay as AFP Chief of Staff.
Ramos endured humiliation for RAM—he stood in as back up should the plot fail. #OnThisDay in 1986, at around 7pm, Enrile & Ramos held a press con at Camp Aguinaldo, announcing their defection on live TV. They called on PMAers & the military to join them, or be neutral. Image
@RadyoVeritasPH broadcasted it. It was in this same press con where Enrile revealed that the ambush on him at Wack-Wack, Greenhills on 22 Sept 1972, one of the basis for Martial Law, was fake. Enrile would soon deny this, even in his autobiography in 2012. Image
At approx. 9:00 pm via @RadyoVeritasPH, Jaime Cardinal Sin called upon people to support the defectors: "Leave your homes now... I ask you to support Mr. Enrile & Gen. Ramos. Give them food if you like. They are our friends." A throng of people began assembling at Camp Aguinaldo.
People formed barricades, armed w/ nothing but bibles, rosaries, & goods. The large spontaneous turnout prove wide discontent, as many believed that the recent Snap Elections & the result, were fraudulent. It would be the 1st day of #EDSA86.
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-Enrile & Ramos' Press Con at the Defense Minister office at Camp Aguinaldo, QC, 22 Feb 1986, from @inquirerdotnet
- Press Con, from Peter Charlesworth

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#TodayinHistory in 1855, the Filipino painter, Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, was born in Binondo #Manila #PH. He, together w/ Juan Luna, was one of the leading Filipino painters of the late 19th century, associated w/ the Filipino reformist movement in Spain. THREAD. #history #art
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#TodayinHistory in 1986, 35 election tabulators walked out of #PH International Convention Center (PICC) in protest of the glaring discrepancies in the vote count in the Snap Elections. Widespread vote-rigging in favor of Marcos was a factor that led to #EDSA. THREAD. #COMELEC35 Image
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#TodayinHistory in 1898, Emilio Aguinaldo, head of the #PH Revolutionary Government, decreed the commemoration of the martyrdom of Jose #Rizal every 30th of December, the first instance that it was officially instituted. THREAD. #Kasaysayan #RizalDay #History
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#TodayinHistory in 1899, Gen. Gregorio del Pilar & 60 Filipino troops made their last stand at Tirad Pass, Ilocos Sur vs. 300 US soldiers in a last ditch effort to delay the American pursuit of #PH Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo. Del Pilar was killed in action, at 24 yrs old.

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Let’s be careful not to be clouded by our own biases when it comes to history.

Context is king.

1. The Katipunan revered Jose Rizal to the pt that he became an honorary member. It sought Rizal’s advise via Pio Valenzuela. Paciano, Trinidad & Josefa Rizal were active members.
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3. The Bonifacio commemoration was insisted upon even during the American period, thanks to the Filipinos who carried the dream of PH independence with them. @eufems points out that #BonifacioDay was even commemorated in 1901, amidst the Phil-Am War.
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