Alan Peter Cayetano FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has likened his group’s struggle at the Senate to the hardships faced by former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino who was martyred in 1983, raising the famous “Laban” sign to stress that they have to keep on fighting.
In a livestream on his Facebook account on Friday, Independence Day, Cayetano said that a question that always pops up in their quest for independence and truth to all issues — whether it is the flood control mess or Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment — is if the cost of all these things are worth it.
In those instances, Cayetano said he is reminded by the famous quote from Aquino, that the Filipino is worth fighting for. Aquino was actually famous for another line — that “the Filipino is worth dying for” — and it was his son, former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III who said the quote that Cayetano mentioned.
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