WE could recall that what was dubbed as the EDSA People Power Revolution (EDSA 1) was triggered by an extremely minuscule group that began agitating for that happening around midnight of Feb. 21, 1986 at the corner of Aurora Boulevard and EDSA in Cubao, Quezon City. The group was waving a singular flag on which were written the words: "August Twenty One Movement ATOM." The group was calling for the downfall of the government of President Ferdinand E. Marcos. That augured what eventually Corazon C. Aquino would brag as the "bloodless revolt" that brought down the Marcos dictatorship.
Galunggong skyrocketed to P80 per kilogram from the low P28 immediately before Cory assumed the presidency. Meralco, which Marcos had placed in the name of the Filipino people all throughout his rule beginning upon the declaration of martial law in 1972, was restored to the private ownership of the Lopezes, together with the retrieval also by the Lopezes of ABS-CBN.
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