President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. just released his Proclamation No. 368, declaring all the upcoming holidays and special days in 2024. While many Pinoys took this as their cue to plot their vacation leaves and long weekends, some couldn’t help but point out that one significant date was missing. The EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary, which is usually celebrated nationwide on February 25, is no longer a holiday in 2024.

No EDSA People Power Anniversary

Proclamation No. 368 includes regular holidays such as Chinese New Year (February 10), Holy Week (March 28-29), Independence Day (June 12), and even Ninoy Aquino Day (August 21) to remember the death anniversary of the former senator. Even though the Philippines has commemorated the EDSA People Power Revolution for the past 37 years, it’s seemingly missing from the list.

Netizens: “Bring back February 25”

Malacañang Palace is yet to issue an explanation but Pinoys on social media are already expressing their dismay.

“Nasaan ang PEOPLE POWER DAY???” questioned a Pinoy on the X app.

“The erasure – systematic, state sponsored – continues,” lamented another.

“February 25 is the EDSA People Power Uprising. Don’t let them distort history,” read one tweet.

“BBM just waiting for first opportunity to remove it as a national holiday. He does not want to confront the abuses and atrocities of his father during Martisl Law that led to the people power uprising,” said another.

“Another form of historical revision, no more no less,” read another comment.

Meanwhile, one netizen reshared a post that was made in May 2022, after the Presidential elections. The original tweet questioned how Marcos Jr. is planning on commemorating the EDSA People Power Holiday once he becomes president.  The reply said: “They might remove it as a holiday. They might also destroy anything pertaining to what happened during the Martial Law and the Edsa Revolution. This is what saddens me.”

On February 25, 1986, the Philippines made history after achieving a feat — a bloodless revolution against the dictatorship of the late Ferdinand Marcos Sr. For 20 years, the country had been under the tyrant’s rule, one that is now infamous for its corruption and human rights abuses. When thousands of Filipinos took to the streets on that fateful day in 1986, it freed the country from the hands of a dictator and ushered in an era of democracy.

What do you think of Marcos Jr. removing February 25 holiday from the Philippines’ regular holidays?

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