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Marcos seeks unity as Philippines marks 'people power' anniversary

Protesters carry an effigy of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and former president Rodrigo Duterte during a rally marking the 37th anniversary of the "People Power" revolution, which ousted Marcos Jr's dictator father and sent the family into exile, on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, or EDSA, in Quezon City on Saturday. (AFP photo)

MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr called for reconciliation and unity on Saturday as the Southeast Asian nation marked the 37th anniversary of the "people power" revolution that toppled his dictator father.

Marcos, who was 28 years old when a helicopter whisked his family from the presidential palace in 1986, said he was one with the nation "in remembering those times of tribulation and how we came out of them united and stronger as a nation."

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