al jazeera english reporter veronica pedroza has the story of the funerals. and what the story of politics means in the fillence. >> of the father and of the sign and of the holy spirit. >> reporter: requiem for the woman who personified in the philippines. her family refused to stake funeral but this was afar from private affair. how could it be be otherwise for the unassuming widow who endup leading a nonviolent 20th century version of the storming of the basteal, now known as people power. aquino had a very personal appeal. everyone calls her tita or aunt corrie. people here to be anighted in their grief. but truth is that the funeral and wake are also exposing heat risk within the political elite and society itself. this wake is the backdrop for a political drama because aquino was also the matron of a political dynasty. battle lines are being drawn. the philippine's only month away from elections so it's made news that the aquino family were apparently hostile to the current president or royal attending the proceedings. muslims in manila are joining in t