It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.

You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.

The politicians think that I have not included enough of them; the nonpoliticians think that I have gone back to the old ways; and the mass public groups think I have forgotten them.

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.

I would like to ask the many Filipino people to pray together, to help each other so that we will be able to preserve the democracy we restored 20 years ago.

Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.