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...dozen opposition parties say that in the event of a snap election they are prepared for a showdown at the polls, where their candidates garnered one-third of the vote in the 1984 national assembly elections. Their major challenge will be to unite behind one candidate. Aquino's widow Corazon could pose the most serious threat to Marcos, but she has declined to run. Another possible candidate is Salvador Laurel, a longtime presidential aspirant and the official candidate of the United National Democratic Organization, the country's biggest opposition party...
...wiliest. The new election date allowed the President to claim magnanimity for allowing opposition parties more time to prepare for the contest. It was flexibility he could well afford: last week Marcos' civilian opponents appeared to be more deeply divided than ever. Only days after leading Opposition Figures Corazon ("Cory") Aquino and Salvador ("Doy") Laurel made a public display of their solidarity against Marcos, it seemed they were about to split over the issue of who should run against the President...
...Communist movement, however, is growing because Filipinos are against the corrupt and repressive Marcos regime. By establishing a dictatorship and turning this once prosperous country into an economic basket case, Marcos has destroyed the democratic form of government. Only the election of a popular leader like Corazon Aquino, the widow of assassinated Opposition Leader Ninoy Aquino, can hold back the Communists. George Carrion Makati, Philippines...
Among those most likely to be chosen as opposition standard-bearer is Corazon ("Cory") Aquino, 52, widow of the martyred Benigno Aquino, who has become the moral voice of the anti-Marcos parties. She is the one candidate who is considered capable of uniting the fractious democratic resistance to Marcos. Mrs. Aquino has said she would run only if her supporters collected 1 million signatures in her favor. The sole declared candidate to date is former Senator Salvador ("Doy") Laurel, 56 (see interview). Yale educated and the son of a former Philippine President, Laurel and his United Nationalist Democratic Organization...
...meantime, the two opposition leaders most likely to head an anti-Marcos ticket mounted a façade of unity. Undeclared Candidate Corazon ("Cory") Aquino, 52, the widow of the late senator, made a surprise appearance at Manila International Airport to greet Salvador Laurel upon his return from a trip to the U.S. Laurel, 57, is leader of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization, which accounts for 37 of the 59 Assembly seats held by the opposition. As cameras snapped, Laurel leaned forward to kiss Aquino, who backed away. That evening over brandy and tea during a two-hour meeting at Aquino...