Marcial Bonifacio a.k.a. Ninoy Aquino is not a hero!

IT’S THE TIME of the year when the assassination of a Malaysian citizen, a certain Marcial Bonifacio, is celebrated as a public holiday in these islands.

The “devotees to the cult of the yellow ribbon” and other idiots claim that Marcial Bonifacio is their hero Ninoy Aquino. Perhaps. But the passport of the corpse on the tarmac that day bore the name Marcial Bonifacio, a Malaysian citizen.

Which brings us to the question why today, Aug. 21, is a special non-working holiday. Not that I’m complaining about the holiday; any day off from work is always a welcome respite.

The late Benigno Aquino Jr. a.k.a. Ninoy Aquino/Marcial Bonifacio was not a hero. Dying for political ambitions was not heroic. He was just another opportunistic politician who entered politics to fulfill his personal ambitions and save “Hacienda Luisita” at all cost. He was the classic demagogue who spent his time as an elected public official making himself look good while his political rivals look bad.

Ninoy Aquino Day is a national special non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on Aug. 21, commemorating the assassination of former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. He was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who was later to become Philippine president

The holiday was created by Republic Act 9256, which was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Feb. 25, 2004, 21 years after his death and 18 years after the People Power Revolution., and was sponsored by Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia.

As you can see from that explanation, the ultimate motive was patronage politics, paying a debt to the “cult of yellow ribbon devotees” and not to honor a “hero” who had done something great for the natives of this archipelago. Take a look at the proponents of this law; they are the ultimate politicians and patronage politics experts.

And what about the man they imposed upon us to honor? What had he done for the country and the natives?

Ninoy Aquino was a congressman and a senator and during his time as member of both legislative bodies not a single bill or law was passed coming from him.

If that sounds familiar, he had a son and namesake, more popularly known as Noynoy Aquino, who also was a congressman and senator who spent 12 years in Congress with also not a single bill or law passed to his name.

The late Ninoy Aquino spent his time in the Senate doing privilege speeches one after the other denouncing then President Marcos, grandstanding to make himself look good and Marcos look bad.

Ninoy Aquino vehemently opposed then President Marcos for two things: he wanted to become President of the Republic and Marcos was his main stumbling block; and the lease from the government of Hacienda Luisita was about to expire and President Marcos already served noticed that it would not be extended and the government wanted it back.

For the uninitiated, a short background on Hacienda Luisita:

Ninoy helped broker the purchase of Hacienda Luisita, a 6,453-hectare sugar plantation and the biggest hacienda in the country, for his wife’s family in 1957. He later on became the Hacienda’s administrator. In return for the family agreeing to distribute Hacienda Luisita’s land to small farmers by 1967, the purchase received preferential treatment from the Philippine government, which included a loan package from the Philippine Central Bank and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). However, the family successfully resisted the distribution of land to small farmers, including during the period of Marcos government (1965-1986).

You see why it was imperative upon Ninoy Aquino to bring then President Marcos down just like why his nincompoop son who later on became President also and had the late Chief Justice Renato Corona impeached? Yeah baby, it was all about Hacienda Luisita.

In 1984 when Ninoy Aquino was in the United States, the interest of the natives on the opposition against President Marcos faded, the country was progressive and peaceful with the natives becoming complacent. Really, nobody wanted to demonstrate against Marcos anymore. Ninoy Aquino and his motley crew were largely forgotten.

Ninoy Aquino needed to spark the native’s interest in his cause and what better way to do it than by coming back to the Philippines.

There were “careless whispers” that say the “assassination” was self-inflicted that went awry; he was not supposed to die, only wounded, and from his hospital bed he would rally the natives for a final push to bring Marcos down.

Somehow Ninoy Aquino stumbled as he was going down the stairs from the plane, the amateur “assassin” fired simultaneously as he stumbled, hitting his head instead of the shoulders as was the plan.

Now what gives credence to this story is the fact that his wife and son became presidents and with all that power they could not find who had him assassinated.

Ninoy Aquino never became president but his death inflicted upon us his incompetent wife Cory who became president and his nincompoop son Noynoy who also became president. (brotherlouie16@gmail.com/PN)

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