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...bedeviled by a growing Communist insurgency. On foot, by horse cart, even by boat, upwards of 24 million Philippine voters went to the polls to do something they had not done for 16 years: freely select a President. The choice appeared to be clear-cut. The candidates were President Ferdinand Marcos, 68, who has ruled for 20 years from the Spanish colonial-style Malacanang Palace, and Challenger Corazon Aquino, 53, who in the space of just ten weeks had emerged as the standard- bearer of a new force in the country, known as "people power...
...killing began even before the forces of President Ferdinand E. Marcos had finished falsifying the vote totals...
...Where do we draw the line? If you kill 50,000 or 100,000, like Marcos, that's okay. It's at your first million that we draw the line. Better watch the count, Ferdinand...
Reagan's comments on the Philippines came with the outcome of the election between President Ferdinand E. Marcos and challenger Corazon Aquino still in doubt several days after the balloting closed. Each side has claimed victory, and the Marcos-controlled National Assembly is preparing a final, official canvass...
...slow count of ballots cast last Friday, the government election commission showed President Ferdinand E. Marcos leading by 53 percent to 47 percent. An unofficial count by a citizens' poll-watching group of more votes showed challenger Corazon Aquino ahead by the same margin...