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...countdown to disaster had already begun. On Monday, Salvador ("Doy") Laurel, 57, marched into the office of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and filed as a candidate in the Feb. 7 presidential election. On Wednesday, Corazon ("Cory") Aquino, 52, did the same thing. With the ink on Aquino's registration papers barely dry and with only hours remaining before the midnight filing deadline, there was only the dimmest hope that the two opposition leaders would patch up their differences and revive plans that had collapsed three days earlier to run on a single ticket. The possibility loomed that...
...early Wednesday afternoon, Aquino and Laurel had each met separately with Jaime Cardinal Sin, the influential Archbishop of Manila, who has been a frequent critic of the Marcos regime. Sin encouraged both to subordinate their personal ambitions to the greater interests of the country. Later Aquino and Laurel met at the house of Maur Lichauco, the sister of Aquino's husband, slain Opposition Leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino. In just 20 minutes, the two candidates agreed to revive their deal for a unified slate. At 10:30 p.m., Aquino and Laurel returned to COMELEC and re-registered. By agreement...
...Marcos' selection of a running mate. "It's a sign that (the Marcos factions) are desperately trying to deodorize their image," said Assemblyman Joselito Atienza. "But like any other deodorant, it will fade away." Still, some opposition sources conceded that the Tolentino nomination was a factor in persuading Aquino and Laurel to mend their differences quickly...
...gaining more time to campaign for their candidates, have filed a total of ten petitions with the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the snap election. The court scheduled a hearing for this week on the matter, but a ruling may not come for weeks. Opposition members, including Aquino, have warned that if Marcos senses impending defeat at the polls, he might signal the justices, all of them handpicked by him, to call off the election. With a respected constitutional expert like Tolentino on Marcos' team, the ploy might gain greater credibility...
...opposition campaign could also be disrupted by a law that requires any presidential candidate to have been a legal resident of the Philippines for the past ten years. Although Aquino has maintained a residence in Queson City and has paid Philippine taxes during the past decade, she and her husband lived in exile in Boston from 1980 to 1983. Few believe that the President would challenge Aquino's candidacy on such a sensitive point. On the other hand, a politician as resourceful as Marcos might try almost anything if the going gets rough...