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...aftermath of the assassination, Mrs. Aquino impressed many Filipinos with her heartfelt attempts to unify the splintered opposition. Although she disavowed any interest in political office, her reputation for moral integrity pushed her to the front of the anti-Marcos movement. Two months ago, she said she would become a candidate for the presidency only if Marcos called a special election, and 1 million Filipinos signed petitions urging her to run. Two days before Marcos signed Bill No. 7 last week, Aquino's supporters presented her with stacks of petitions bearing 1.2 million signatures...
...first statements as a declared candidate, Aquino followed her husband's political program closely. Like Ninoy, Cory hopes that her highly moralistic approach will appeal to voters grown weary of the corruption and lack of political freedom that have characterized the Marcos years. She has repeated Ninoy's invitation to the estimated 16,500 Communist guerrillas belonging to the New People's Army to put down their guns and join the political dialogue. She has endorsed the removal from the Philippines of two U.S. military installations, Clark Air Base and the Subic Bay Naval Station, but, like Ninoy...
...moment, such concerns seem the least of Aquino's problems. Her hopes for an electoral success will be all but obliterated if she and Doy Laurel cannot patch up their differences. Laurel is a onetime Marcos ally and an experienced politician who, as head of UNIDO, controls the country's second strongest non-Communist political machine, after Marcos' K.B.L. The Aquino forces have counted on benefiting from UNIDO's political expertise in the weeks ahead. Instead, "Cory's Crusaders" may now have to combat their own inexperience as they hit the campaign trail. The UNIDO forces, meanwhile, may have...
...Marcos and Aquino prepared last week for the formal launching of their campaigns, a cloud hung over the entire enterprise. Marcos opponents have filed ten petitions before the Supreme Court seeking to cancel the election because the President has refused to resign before it is held, as required under the constitution. The petitioners hope to delay the vote and thereby win the opposition more campaign time. But the ploy could backfire. If it begins to appear that either opposition candidate might outpoll the President, the Supreme Court, which is dominated by Marcos appointees, might declare the election null and void...
Given the opposition's disunity, such a step would be overkill. Few believe that an opposition in such disarray can overcome Marcos' considerable electoral advantages. Whatever the outcome on Feb. 7, Cory Aquino emerged last week as a major force in the opposition ranks--and the freshest new face in Philippine politics since a reform-minded young World War II hero named Ferdinand Marcos entered the House of Representatives...