'I'm with people,' Aquino writes on EDSA anniversary pledge wall

President Benigno Aquino III on Monday reiterated his pledge to be with the Filipino people in fulfilling their goals as he led the rites marking the 27th anniversary of the EDSA-1 People Power revolt.

 

Aquino joined several offiicals and personalities in writing their pledges on an improvised wall at the People Power Monument in Quezon City.

 

"Kasama ninyo sa pagkamit ng inyong inaasam," Aquino wrote on the pledge wall.

 

Aquino's late mother Corazon was installed as president after the 1986 revolt, which ousted then strongman Ferdinand Marcos from power.

 

Radio Television Malacañang also showed Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu writing a pledge for lasting peace in Mindanao on the wall.

 

Mangudadatu lost his wife in the infamous November 2009 Maguindanao massacre, which left more than 50 dead.

 

Personalities who took part in the EDSA-1 revolt joined Monday's rites, including former President Fidel Ramos and former Sen. Agapito Aquino.

 

Ramos and former Sen. Aquino, along with priests and nuns, took part in the Salubungan, which recalled the joining of state forces and civilians in the EDSA-1 revolt.

 

Yellow confetti dropped from a helicopter during the Salubungan.

 

After the Madrigal Singers performed "Magkaisa," one of the theme songs of the EDSA-1 revolt, Ramos led two victory jumps. —KG, GMA News