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Medialdea to lead EDSA anniversary organizing committee

Alexis Romero - Philstar.com
February 1, 2017 | 7:56pm
Medialdea to lead EDSA anniversary organizing committee

In this Feb. 23, 2016 file photo, a worker inspects the lights on a statue of Ninoy Aquino near the People Power Monument in Quezon City ahead of the 30th anniversary celebration of the EDSA people power revolution. MICHAEL VARCAS

MANILA, Philippines — Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea will lead the preparations for the 31st anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution on February 25. 
 
It will be the first EDSA revolution anniversary to be organized by the Duterte administration. 
 
The anniversary will come three months after the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani despite protests from human rights advocates and Martial Law victims.
 
Duterte has said that Marcos deserves to be buried at the hero's cemetery because he was a president and a war veteran.
 
"Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea chairs this year’s event. As to who will co-chair from the private sector that still needs to be discussed," presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a statement.
 
The theme of this year's commemoration is "A Day of Reflection: Celebrating People Power."

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