Word: unidos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Aquino's obvious delight--the new papers listed her as the presidential candidate and Laurel as her running mate. For Laurel, there was the satisfaction that the ticket would be fielded under the banner of the party he had spent years building, the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO...
...Sunday press conference, Laurel declared that he would pursue the presidency. He added that he was calling off a single-ticket deal struck earlier with Aquino because she had backed away from an agreement to run under the banner of Laurel's party, the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO). "I can sacrifice myself. I can sacrifice the presidency," he said. "But I cannot sacrifice my party, my principles and the people who have worked so hard all these years to put up the political machine that can topple the Marcos dictatorship...
...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...
...document, which outlined a platform and a nominating procedure in case of Marcos' sudden demise. Kalaw, leader of one wing of the Liberal Party (Salonga heads the other wing), objected to the "undemocratic process" by which the presidential nominees would be chosen. Laurel, president of the opposition umbrella group UNIDO (United Nationalist Democratic Organization), disagreed with a clause demanding the removal of U.S. military bases from the country in the absence of a plebiscite on the issue...
...votes, demonstrators conducted a candlelight march on Manila's city hall, waving placards that proclaimed, NINOY, YOU HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN!, TALLY SHEET, NOT TALLY CHEAT! and ONE VOTE, ONE COUNT! In the capital's commercial center of Makati, a recount took away the victory of UNIDO Candidate Aurora ("Au-Au") Pijuan-Manotoc, 34, the former wife of Sportsman Tommy Manotoc, who is now married to the President's daughter Imee. Au-Au's outraged followers responded by storming the Makati city hall, flinging stones against the building and burning furniture in its courtyard...