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Members of the Trillion Peso March Movement, alongside religious groups and political leaders, march from the EDSA Shrine to the People Power Monument today, February 25, 2026. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

Members of the Trillion Peso March Movement, alongside religious groups and political leaders, march from the EDSA Shrine to the People Power Monument today, February 25, 2026. Marking the 40th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution, the group is calling for systemic reforms and accountability. The gathering honors the historic peaceful uprising while renewing calls to end corruption and political dynasties.Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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EDSA People POwer Revolution-40 years

Johnson Manabat

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177202175373520260225-edsa-people-power-40-years-march-MT13.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Members of the Trillion Peso March Movement, alongside religious groups and political leaders, march from the EDSA Shrine to the People Power Monument today, February 25, 2026. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News" width="960"/>Members of the Trillion Peso March Movement, alongside religious groups and political leaders, march from the EDSA Shrine to the People Power Monument today, February 25, 2026. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</div>MANILA -- Thousands people joined the third edition of the Trillion Peso March on Wednesday, which coincided with the country&#x27;s commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled the regime of former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Francisco “Kiko” Aquino-Dee, co-convenor of TINDIG Pilipinas and one of the organizers of the event at White Plains Avenue in Quezon City said the Filipino people should make corrupt government officials accountable.“Bakit umabot sa punto na hinigitan natin ang pang-aabuso ng Marcos admin Sr., noong panahon ni Pres. [Rodrigo] Duterte at bakit hinigitan yung kurapsyon ng Marcos Sr., nitong panunungkulan ni Marcos Jr.? Definitely humihingi tayo ng pananagutan. Saan tayo nagkulang at bakit natin hinayaan na mangyari ito lalo na dahil demokrasya pa rin tayo? Tayo ang may say sa eleksyon,&quot; said Aquino-Dee.<div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/2/25/palace-people-power-cannot-be-erased-from-ph-history-1408">Palace: People Power cannot be erased from PH history </a> </div>For Mamamayang Liberal Party-list Rep. Leila De Lima, so called “big fish” behind the anomalous flood control projects remain at large and unaccountable. “Ilan pa lang ba ang napapanagot? Nasaan yung big fish at mastermind? Ano na nangyari sa ICI?  Yung pananagutan... nasaan na yung pagpapanagot. Kailangan siguraduhin natin na napapanagot natin ang lahat ng may kasalanan sa ating bansa lalo na sa usapin ng katiwalian, human rights, mga unresolved EJK,” De Lima told reporters. Nuns from the congregation of the Daughters of St. Paul -- the same religious congregation that led the group of nuns during the EDSA 1 where they faced military tanks and soldiers  -- joined this year’s EDSA anniversary commemoration.Sister Josephine Tablante told ABS-CBN News that as part of its prophetic obligations and in honor of their elders, they want the people to feel their presence in this EDSA commemoration.Tablante said she and other nuns from its congregation will do what their elder sisters had sacrificed for the country.”It is our way of honoring their sacrifices, during the EDSA People Power Revolution back inn 1986. Itong pagpunta namin ay hindi lang pag-aalala ng kanilang sakripisyo noon but also our way of showing to our people that we are one with them  especially in the moments na kailangan talagang tumindig para sa katotohanan,” Tablante said.Meanwhile, three siblings who were all veterans of EDSA revolution joined this years EDSA anniversary.Benjamin Abis, together with eldest brother Bernardo and their younger sister Cecile, were then college students when they took part in the bloodless revolution.<div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/2/24/house-bill-seeks-to-declare-feb-25-as-non-working-holiday-1539">House bill seeks to declare Feb. 25 as non-working holiday</a></div>They believed fighting for the country’s democracy was all worth it.“Oo, sulit - malungkot lang na may mga hindi nangyari pero sulit yun. Marami pa tayong gawin para sa bayan natin,” Abis said.”Malungkot kasi parang yung mga kabataan ngayon, hindi aware kung ano nangyari nung EDSA, but this is the chance for us to educate yung mga youth today at bakit maganda yung buhay nila ngayon at sana magising sila at matutong makibaka sa buhay,”  Cecile Abis told ABS-CBN News.Viel Aquino-Dee was also seen during the protest rally. She said the spirit of EDSA remains and Filipinos can do another peaceful mass actions if necessary.&quot;Lahat tayo proud sa nagawa ng mga Pilipino in 1986, hinangaan tayo ng buong mundo. Kailangan magawa pa rin natin yan ngayon, makapagprotesta ng mapayapa - walang violence. Kung ano man yung gusto natin ipaabot sa ating mga namumuno kailangan sa mapayapang paraan. Siyempre buhay yan - nasa Pilipino yan na gawing buhay ang diwa ng EDSA,&quot; Aquino-Dee said. “Pinagdaanan namin ang Martial Law. 64 ako kaya alam ko kung ano yung kahirapan nung panahon na  yun. Huwag na nating ibalik yun, never again,” said Aquino-Dee.But Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David said EDSA maybe considered as an unfinished business that needs a follow through.   :Ang EDSA ay unfinished business. Alam natin na naibalik ang demokrasya, naitayo ang mga democratic institutions, nagkaroon ng bagong constitution,&quot; said David.&quot;Pero kahit sa konstitusyon nandon na nga yung privisions about political dynasty, pero hindi pa rin maging batas dahil sa mga legislators themselves -- because most of them belong to political dynasties, napaka-obvious. Ang puwedeng maging pag-asa ng mas matatag na democratic institution ay popular participation. And EDSA is the backbone of our democracy, kapag naging kampante tayo, talagang pupulutin tayo sa kangkungan. Yung pera na dapat gamitin sa serbisyo publitko ay masasayang lamang,&quot; he added.He challenged Filipinos to continue fighting for the country’s betterment and make government officials accountable. <div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/2/25/edsa-40-begins-with-a-prayer-against-corruption-1358">EDSA 40 begins with a prayer against corruption</a></div>“Kailangan tayo mismo, ipaglaban natin na ang bayan natin maging maunlad, masagana para sa lahat. Hindi negosyo ang pulitika, serbisyo yan. Hindi sila boss, kayo’y tagapaglingkod, mga katiwala lamang,” David said.He welcomed that protest rally but stressed that the Filipino people should also play a role  in monitoring all government projects.  “Ang people power ngayon, hindi na rally-tally lang - I think we go for the max. Ang max is real and genuine participation in monitoring government projects. Hindi pa tayo tapos diyan, parang gusto nilang bumalis sa business as usual. Ang message natin is it cannot be business as usual,”  David explained.

Thousands people joined the Trillion Peso March (Part 3) as the country commemorates the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled the regime of former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

Thousands people joined the Trillion Peso March (Part 3) as the country commemorates the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled the regime of former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

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Trillion Peso March participants call for accountability amid corruption scandal

Johnson Manabat,

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Published Feb 25, 2026 08:42 PM PHT

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