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Vice President Sara Duterte’s recent remarks comparing the possible scenario that his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, may suffer the same fate of the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. drew criticisms over her lack of grasp in the country’s history.

Aquino’s assassination by the Marcos dictatorship led millions to march in his funeral and protests that followed nationwide; the first national welgang bayan was staged in Davao in 1984.