Naglabas ng pahayag ang academic research organization na Project Gunita sa kanilang Facebook page nitong Biyernes, Oktubre 13, kaugnay sa pagtatanggal sa EDSA commemoration sa listahan ng mga special at regular holidays para sa taong 2024, na inilabas ng Malacañang.

“Today, the Marcos administration has released the list of regular and special holidays for 2024. But the devil lies in the details: ‘February 25, the anniversary of the 1986 People Power uprising, was no longer included, although it has been traditionally observed as a holiday for several years,” pahayag ng organisasyon.

“Project Gunita condemns yet another state-sponsored attempt to whitewash the history of the brutal dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. This year, the EDSA commemoration was marred with confusion when President Marcos, invoking the concept of holiday economics, transferred the holiday to Feb. 24. For next year, the regime chose to tread the path of EDSA holiday’s complete eradication.”

Malacañang, inilabas listahan ng holidays sa 2024; EDSA anniversary, 'di kasama?

Kaya ang kanilang mga tanong sa Malacañang: “Is the President still afraid of ghosts of the past? Are we walking into an Orwellian future under the late dictator’s son, where memory is deemed insignificant, if not criminal? Will the holiday on Ninoy Aquino’s murder be stricken off the calendar next in 2025?”

“People Power left its mark in the world for toppling one of the most atrocious and corrupt dictatorships in the 20th century, which inspired other nations to boot out their own tyrants. Even if the government of Marcos the son strips EDSA 1986 of any official recognition, the people’ commemoration next year will matter more,” dagdag pa.

Naglabas din naman ng pahayag ang Office of the President (OP) hinggil sa hindi pagsama sa anibersaryo ng EDSA People Power Revolution sa listahan ng mga holiday na idineklara ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong”.