(Interaksyon) Did former president Cory Aquino really order the Marcos family to be thrown out of the Philippines?
A written account of the country’s first female Supreme Court associate justice debunks this belief.
Late SC associate justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma, who was appointed to the highest court by dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr, reportedly shared her account in the photo book “People Power: An Eyewitness History” in 1987.
Accounts said Palma was “one of the independent members” of the Supreme Court and had rendered dissenting opinions critical of his regime.
She was also one of those instrumental in convincing Aquino to challenge Marcos Sr for the presidency in the 1986 snap election… Read More