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Filipinos celebrate end of dictatorship best known for Imelda Marcos shoe collection
Filipinos celebrated the 39th anniversary of a historic uprising that toppled a 20-year dictatorship in the Philippines.
Footage shows locals holding a parade at the Mary, Queen of Peace Shrine in the capital Metro Manila today, February 25.
The Virgin Mary monument was built in 1989 to mark the 'peaceful' People Power Revolution in 1986 that saw former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. flee the Philippines with his family after 20 years of rule.
The Philippines finally gained independence in 1946 following centuries of struggle against colonial and imperial powers - only for the notorious Marcos family to fill the void and plunder state coffers of more than 10 billion USD. The endemic corruption was symbolised by Imelda Marcos' extravagant collection of art and more than 3,000 pairs of designer shoes.
Dictator's son Marcos Jr, or Bong Bong by his nickname, regained power for the family in 2023, leading to suggestions that the country was suffering from 'Stockholm syndrome'.
In 1995, a U.S. federal jury in Hawaii awarded nearly two billion USD in damages to 10,000 Filipino victims who suffered human rights abuses under Marcos's martial law regime.
While in 2003, the Philippine Supreme Court ordered the forfeiture of 658 million USD held in Swiss bank accounts, determining these funds were part of the Marcos family's ill-gotten wealth.
The Supreme Court also affirmed in 2012 the forfeiture of 3.3 million USD in assets held by Arelma, Inc., a Panamanian entity established by Marcos, ruling these assets were unlawfully acquired.
In 2014, the Philippine anti-graft court declared the MalacaNang Jewelry Collection, seized from the Marcoses, as ill-gotten wealth. This decision was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2017, leading to the collection's forfeiture in favour of the government.
Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady, was found guilty on seven counts of graft related to the creation of private foundations in Switzerland during her tenure as a government official from 1968 to 1986. She was sentenced to imprisonment totalling up to 77 years.
In 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that a 57.68-hectare property in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, was unlawfully acquired and ordered its return to the state.
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