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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos should have been pleased. In an election for 165 seats in the interim National Assembly-the first such vote since 1972, when Marcos imposed martial law and rule by decree-his New Society Movement had made what the President himself called "a clean sweep." In Manila, where the election had turned into an emotionally charged referendum on martial law itself, Marcos' stalwarts took all 21 seats over the energetic opposition Laban Party. Marcos' wife Imelda was the biggest vote getter, but even the last-place Marcos partisan ran 300,000 votes better than Laban...
...Byerly Hall today, the last lists are being doublechecked and the last envelopes sealed. Brown manila folders are being put away. The decisions have gone...
...sweeps into the shabby residential Manila district of Santa Cruz in a black limousine, escorted by a busload of security guards and surrounded by political aides, cheerleaders, TV and movie stars. The crowd is enthralled by First Lady Imelda Marcos' skillful blend of political harangue and folksy charm. "I can tell the President what you need here," she says. "And you know that Imelda always gets action. "As the crowd roars its approval, Mrs. Marcos sings a couple of old favorite Filipino songs and throws jasmine garlands into the audience. Then she is off-for yet another speech...
Such unaccustomed and boisterous scenes have become nightly affairs throughout sprawling, overpopulated Manila, as the Philippines' first election campaign in almost six years draws to a climax. At stake in this week's vote are 200 seats in the new interim National Assembly, the parliamentary body that Marcos designed as an improvement over the martial law that he imposed in 1972. It is a step, he claims, toward "normalcy." With anti-Marcos candidates actively campaigning not only in Manila but also far to the south in Cebu and Davao, the election, reported TIME Correspondent Richard Bernstein from...
Heading the President's K.B.L. (New Society Movement) ticket is Superwife Imelda, 48, who has served as the flamboyant, can-do governor of metropolitan Manila since 1975. The leader of the opposition party, Strength of the Nation (known as Laban, for its constant battle cry), is Marcos' bitterest political rival, Benigno S. Aquino Jr., a former Liberal...