Claim: EDSA was not a Revolt, but a coup d'etat meant to kidnap President Marcos and his family.
Category: False
Complete details: A video by the YouTube account Filipino Future claims that the EDSA Revolt was actually started by a group of soldiers who rebelled and planned to kidnap the sitting President, Ferdinand Marcos Sr, and his family. The video further alleges that the Catholic Church was the instigator that prodded the people to rebel against the government.
Why we fact check this: The EDSA revolt was a confluence of events that triggered the Filipino people to mass and protest the Marcos dictatorship. It was never for a plan to abduct President Marcos Sr., and it was not a coup d'etat as the call for civil disobedience came first before Enrile and Ramos withdrew their support from the President. It is videos like these that are created purposely to obscure the historical events and try to revise the narrative of said historical events, as this particular account has 387 thousand subscribers. The exact timeline of the EDSA Revolt can be found at this link: https://old.pcij.org/blog/2015/02/25/edsa-timeline-of-a-revolt
