EDSA Uno: Much ado over a forgotten event

MR. ALMONTE and a group of former RAM officers are right now dueling over who did play a greater and more heroic role during EDSA UNO, the civilian-backed military revolt that toppled Mr. Marcos. The debate is now public and there would be no nice ending to it. Here is the thing though: The two squabbling parties are not probably aware that there is no public interest in their debate. That the debate had spilled over into the papers offered no guarantee that it would get public attention.

Who did what and who planned what during EDSA UNO (and the tension- filled months before it) is probably one of those issues that the public has gotten tired of. The enough-of-this-EDSA UNO stuff is for real. The recent commemoration of that event was, to use a graphic Tagalog term, nilangaw. The enthusiasm is gone.