Fake news? Mocha draws flak for EDSA poll

On February 25, the same day as the 32nd anniversary of the EDSA revolution, Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson created a poll asking her followers whether they believe that the revolt against the Marcos regime was a product of "fake news."
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MANILA, Philippines — Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson once again drew criticisms from netizens following a Facebook poll she posted regarding the EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986.

On February 25, the same day as the 32nd anniversary of the EDSA revolution, Uson created a poll asking her followers whether they believe that the revolt against the Marcos regime was a product of "fake news."

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The poll, which garnered around 61,800 votes, ended with 84 percent saying "yes" while 16 percent said "no."

Many netizens called out Uson for her Facebook poll implying that the 1986 EDSA revolution, which toppled the dictatorship of former President Ferdinand Marcos, was merely a product of "fake news."

The poll itself is an insult to Philippine history and to the thousands of Filipinos who took to the streets to overthrow the authoritarian regime of Marcos.

The People Power Revolution paved the way for the restoration of democracy in the Philippines, along with the crafting of the 1987 Constitution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kris Aquino also took to Twitter to call out "trolls" and "fake news purveyors" in defense to her late mother, former President Cory Aquino.

 

 

President Rodrigo Duterte himself has released a statement acknowledging the People Power Revolution as a "symbol of our determination to fight for what is right."

“More than three decades ago, we have shown the world how a people’s courage and resolve can alter the course of our nation’s history,” Duterte said.

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Duterte's mother, Nanay Soling, was among the leaders of the "Yellow Friday Movement" in Davao City, a movement that opposed the Marcos regime in the 1970s to 1980s.

On Monday, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque stressed that the EDSA Revolution was not a product of "fake news."

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“According to the law, it is not fake news. According to the law, we honor the EDSA Revolution having declared it as a public holiday... so we still recognize and we will always recognize EDSA not only as an important historical event but it was the first bloodless people power revolution in the whole planet earth and it remains significant," Roque said.

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