By Bernadette A. Parco
\nWednesday, August 22, 2012
\nCEBU CITY — Three decades since former senator Benigno \u201cNinoy\u201d Aquino Jr. was killed in Manila, the country still suffers the same problems, a lawyer active in the fight against the Marcos Government said.
\n\u201cWe can\u2019t change society overnight. Many problems still exist but we have minimized corruption under the present administration,\u201d said lawyer Democrito Barcenas.
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\nNinoy Aquino, the father of President Benigno \u201cNoynoy\u201d Aquino III, was an opposition leader who was killed at the Manila International Airport tarmac on August 23, 1983 upon his return to the country after living in exile in the US.
\nBarcenas said corruption is no longer the top issue of the government.
\nHe attended the Cebu City Government-led commemoration at Plaza Independencia of the 29th death anniversary of Ninoy Aquino at the Plaza Independencia.
\nThe event was attended by government officials, employees, students and urban poor groups.
\n\u201cToday, there is a new sense of discovery of the people to make a difference,\u201d said Barcenas.
\nHe was referring to the resignation of Merceditas Gutierrez from the Office of the Ombudsman and the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.
\nCebu City Mayor Micheal Rama told reporters that the commemoration is aimed at bringing back patriotism among today\u2019s children.
\n\u201cWe were there when Martial Law was enforced. When Ninoy came, that was the real awakening. We wanted to bring back the dreams of our forefathers,\u201d he said.
\nA \u201cfreedom walk\u201d was held Tuesday afternoon from from Fuente Osme\u00f1a to Plaza Independencia.
\nMost of the participants, including Barcenas and former congressman Antonio Cuenco, wore yellow shirts, carried yellow balloons and waved banners bearing the pictures of Ninoy Aquino.
\nAmong the students who attended the event was Cebu Normal University student Jhanyn Marie Ardita, who referred to Ninoy Aquino as an icon of heroism.
\n\u201cHero siya kay siya man ang ni-against sa gobyerno ni Marcos before. Nakaila ko niya kay sa history si Ninoy man tong gi-assassinate didto sa airport unya papa pa gyud siya sa atong presidente karon (I know Ninoy as the one who assassinated at the airport and as the father of our president today),\u201d she told Sun.Star Cebu.
\nAdonis Pelin, a student from Asian College of Technology, said he joined the activity because it was required of him as a scholar of the Cebu City Government.
\n\u201cNiapil ko karun kay scholar man ko pero kung wala pa gi-required murag dili siguro ko muari karon (If I were not a scholar, I wouldn\u2019t be here),\u201d Pelin said.
\nCuenco said he attended the activity to represent the Aquino family.
\nHe said they also console with the family of the late Department of Interior and Local Government secretary Jesse Robredo.
\n\u201cRobredo is one of the best, a five-star Cabinet member,\u201d he said.
\nCuenco told the participants he was in the holding area of the airport when Ninoy was shot.
\nHe was with opposition leaders, including the late Sen. Lorenzo Ta\u00f1ada, Ambrosio Padilla and the mother of Ninoy, Do\u00f1a Aurora Aquino.
\n\u201cWe did not expect him to be killed,\u201d said Cuenco. (Sun.Star Cebu)
\nPublished in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on August 22, 2012.
\nhttp:\/\/www.sunstar.com.ph\/cebu\/local-news\/2012\/08\/22\/cebu-officials-remember-ninoy-hope-bring-back-patriotism-238699<\/p>\n
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