Today in history—Marcos flees!

And then 39 years after, their family is back at the helm of Philippine politics.

I can't help but reflect on this as a young person who was not yet alive during the revolution. What made us, as a nation, put another Marcos in Malacañang? Then I realize how short-lived was the promise of EDSA. The euphoric atmosphere of those days was not able to find itself in our daily work in the government. We were back to regular programming—except that we have our civil and political liberties. And with rising food prices yet stagnant wages, individuals have grown disillusioned about the promise of EDSA saying that it happening was the problem.

So in a way, bringing them back to power was a full circle moment in our history: 39 years after kicking them out, we rolled the red carpet back to Malacañang.