Former Philippine president and democracy icon Corazon Aquino made her first public appearance on Saturday since she was diagnosed to have colon cancer last March 24, saying she was overwhelmed by people praying for her recovery.
Mrs Aquino, clad in pink dress, was seen walking on her own when she showed up at the Pink Sister Convent in Quezon City to hear Mass, according to GMA News Flash Report.
After the Mass, the former president recalled that in 1985 she prayed at the Pink Sister Convent before deciding to challenge then dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a snap election in 1986.
Mrs Aquino thanked her countrymen for praying for her recovery, saying she was overwhelmed.
“I thanked everybody who has been praying for me and as I said earlier I am just amazed that people whom I don’t even know have taken the trouble to write me or send me a message that they are praying for me," Mrs Aquino told reporters before leaving the convent around 7 p.m.
“I am truly blessed.
"Mrs Aquino said she is glad that she is still alive. “Ninoy (former senator Benigno Aquino Jr) had to die before people prayed for him and here I am still alive," she said adding that she has been responding well to chemotherapy.
A humble housewife propelled to politics by the assassination of her husband, an opposition leader, in 1983, Aquino led a peaceful uprising in 1986 that toppled late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and became a harbinger of nonviolent protests around the world.
After stepping down in 1992, she has remained active in social and political causes. Most recently, she has been attending rallies calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over allegations of vote-rigging and corruption. - GMANews.TV
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment