BALIK TANAW: Noynoy Aquino declares bid for the Philippine Presidency (2009) | Aquino for President | Demokrasya TV On 9 September 2009, after weeks of public clamour and embarking on a religious retreat, then Senator Benigno S. Aquino III declared his candidacy for the Presidency of the Philippines in the 2010 election. The announcement was made on the fortieth day since the passing of his mother, President Corazon C. Aquino, and on the same spot where she took her oath of office as President d