Three statements on policies allegedly adopted during the administration of the late president Corazon Aquino are part of a video circulating online.

Originally posted on May 13 by YouTube channel KAPATID AVINDZ, reuploaded by a TikTok user, and reposted by Facebook (FB) page Mr. Realtaker two days later, the video claimed that:

• The practice of contractualization was approved during the Aquino administration;
• Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) was made voluntary during her term; and
• The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) was not allowed to operate during her administration to prevent losses for Meralco and maintain the Cojuanco’s control over the energy sector.

Not true. Former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. signed a presidential order allowing labor contractualization. ROTC was made mandatory in 1991 during Aquino’s term, and it became optional under a law signed by former president Gloria Arroyo in January 2002. Health and safety concerns were cited as reasons why the BNPP never became operational.

On contractualization

Contractualization should be attributed to Marcos, not Aquino. The late dictator signed Presidential Decree No. 442 in 1974, which allowed businesses to employ contractual workers via contractor or subtractor companies as stated in Article 106 of the decree.

Although Republic Act No. 6715 was signed into law in 1989 during the Aquino administration to amend the Labor Code, it did not mention anything about contractualization nor did it amend...

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