阿基诺夫人当选菲律宾总统时曾自称“只是一个家庭主妇，不是职业政治家或者老资格领导人 ” ， 而选民之所以投票给她也仅仅因为她是遇害反对派英雄贝尼尼奥·阿基诺的遗孀。
Compare Park to Corazon Aquino, who, when elected President of the Philippines, famously remarked that she was simply a housewife, not a professional politician or an experienced leader. It was clear that voters elected her because she was the widow of the slain opposition hero Benigno Aquino.