As I Came To Power

You, The Foreign Media, Have Been The Companion Of My People In Its Long And Painful Journey To Freedom.

My Biggest Disappointment Was, Of Course, The Coup Attempts, ... The Economy Was Proceeding Very Well, But In 1989 We Had The Most Serious Coup Attempt And ... Many Of The Investors Who Were Set To Come Here Had To Tell Me That They Chose To Go To Other Countries Because Of The Uncertainty Brought About By (the Coup Attempt.) If That Had Not Happened, I'm Sure Our Economy Would Just Be Booming Today.

I Believe That During These Times, We Should Not Forget That Many Sacrificed To Regain Our Democracy. We Cannot Just Keep Quiet Because That Is What Happened During Martial Law. Our Dictator Then Believed That He Can Do Anything To Keep Himself In Power.

As Our Country Bled . . . Its Leader's Wife Came To This Podium Piously To Call For A New Human Order, This When Thousands Of Filipinos Were Political Prisoners.

It's Very Simple, I Just Tell My Sad Story, And People Weep.