As they did nearly 30 years ago under Ramos, Church and civil society groups are working together again.

On Thursday, February 22, a coalition called #Siklab marched in #Manila to oppose #CharterChange. But the landscape is now vastly different: the opposition is weak, the #CatholicChurch has lost much of its political influence, and the fear of the return of “Marcos-style rule,” is gone.

How #CoryAquino, #CardinalSin blocked #ChaCha a decade after #EDSA. #FidelRamos

https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/explainers/how-cory-aquino-cardinal-sin-blocked-charter-change-1997/

How Cory Aquino, Cardinal Sin blocked Cha-Cha a decade after EDSA

The combined forces of Corazon Aquino and Jaime Cardinal Sin – and the use of prayer as protest – meant it was only a matter of time before Fidel V. Ramos relented

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