According to the Palace, President Bongbong Marcos is going to study this bill.
A proposal is being pushed to declare February 25 a regular holiday each year, with President Bongbong Marcos still set to review the measure.
Akbayan party-list lawmakers Chel Diokno, Percival Cendaña, Dadah Ismula, as well as Dinagat Islands Rep. Arlene Bag-ao proposed under House Bill 7911 to declare February 25 a regular holiday to commemorate “the peaceful 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that ousted President Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr., toppled the authoritarian regime that he established, and restored democracy in the Philippines.”
Under the measure, all existing laws and civil service rules governing regular holidays will apply and be observed every February 25.
“The EDSA People Power Revolution demonstrated to the world the sovereign will of a united people committed to freedom, constitutional government, and the rule of law,” the lawmakers said in their explanatory note, as it underscored how this historical event restored democratic space, revived independent institutions, and paved the way for the ratification of the 1987 Constitution.
Lawmakers pointed out that in recent years, the observance of February 25 has been assigned different classifications, which they said have, at times, lessened its full historical and civic importance.
On Tuesday, Malacañang said President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. expressed openness to review the proposals. Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said lawmakers had to formally submit their versions of the measure to the President to be subjected to evaluation.
“Ibigay lang po nila ‘yung versions nila kay Pangulo para po maaral, kung maisusumite po nila ito, ‘yan naman po ay aaksyunan ng ating Pangulo,” Castro said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.
To recall, the president moved the February 25 special non-working day to February 24, a Friday, citing holiday economics. In the years that followed, Marcos did not include February 25 as a holiday, whether regular or special.
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