Malacañang on Tuesday said the government is not toning down the commemoration of the EDSA “people power” revolt because of President Rodrigo Duterte’s close relations with the family of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.

In a news conference, Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra defended the Duterte administration’s move to transfer the venue of the anniversary rites to Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City from the People Power Monument, also in the city.

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