{"id":23324,"date":"2014-08-22T15:31:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T07:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=23324"},"modified":"2014-08-23T20:36:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T12:36:25","slug":"protesters-denounce-aquino-term-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/22\/protesters-denounce-aquino-term-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters denounce Aquino term extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3301\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/noynoy_aquino_bunkhouses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3301\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/noynoy_aquino_bunkhouses-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"President BS Aquino takes time out for a photo-op while inspecting the controversial bunkhouses (Photo : getrealphilippines.com)\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President BS Aquino takes time out for a photo-op while inspecting the controversial bunkhouses (Photo : getrealphilippines.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Following reports that President Aquino is now open to the idea of extending his term, protesters expressed their sentiments against lifting the president\u2019s single-term limit.<\/p>\n<p>During the celebration of the 31st death anniversary of the president\u2019s father, Benigno \u201cNinoy\u201d Aquino Jr., several protesters flocked around the Ninoy Aquino monument in Quezon City.<\/p>\n<p>They branded the president a \u2018budding dictator\u2019 while holding placards showcasing photos of PNoy\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n<p>It could be noted that President Aquino\u2019s parents, the country\u2019s figures of democracy, are among those who bravely stood against dictatorship during the Marcos regime.<\/p>\n<p>PNoy\u2019s mother, former President Corazon Aquino refused to extend her term amid her supporters\u2019 arguments that she is not covered by the 1987 Constitution\u2019s provision limiting the president\u2019s term.<\/p>\n<p>The late president said in a speech that the desire to stay in power was among the reasons for the Marcos dictatorship in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vice President Jejomar Binay, a recipient of the special award for those who fought the Marcos dictatorship is also against the idea of term extension.<\/p>\n<p>Binay, sharing the same thought with the protesters also believes that lifting the single-term for president is a threat to the country\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Following reports that President Aquino is now open to the idea of extending his term, protesters expressed their &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":3301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[3212,7236],"class_list":["post-23324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-aquino","tag-term-extension","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}