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...evening, Marcos, looking tired and shaken, held his own press conference. The President charged Ramos and Enrile with treason and called on them to "stop this stupidity and surrender." He then accused the pair of taking part in a plot to assassinate him and his wife Imelda. To prove that the conspiracy was real, Marcos trotted out one of the First Lady's personal bodyguards, who "confessed" before reporters that he was to have played a role in the murder. Later, Enrile angrily dismissed the conspiracy charge as "a bunch of bull...
...about the outcome of the conclave. Challenger Corazon Aquino visited the conference Thursday to ask its president, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, the Archbishop of Cebu, if the bishops would support her plans to begin a campaign of civil disobedience. At 2:30 Friday morning Vidal had another visitor: First Lady Imelda Marcos roused him to ask if the pastoral letter would incite an armed uprising. Vidal reportedly assured her, "We had never entertained any idea of violence...
...from outlying suburbs. Estimates of the crowd in the area ranged as high as 500,000. Many of those gathered for the extravaganza admitted openly that they had been paid from $2.50 to $5 to attend. As the time approached for the scheduled appearance of Marcos and his wife Imelda, helicopters flew overhead trailing red-white-and-blue smoke. Top- ranking Philippine show-business figures worked the crowd into a pleasantly receptive mood. Red-uniformed marching bands began to blare as the faithful chanted the President's campaign slogan, "Marcos pa rin!" (Marcos still...
...disaster struck. It began to rain. As water poured down, the President's audience fled in all directions, ignoring loudspeaker pleas to stand fast and "sacrifice for what we are fighting for." Those who remained huddled closer to the speaker's platform. After the ten-minute downpour had ended, Imelda Marcos took the stage. Supporters cheered loudly when she urged the country to stand behind her husband because he was "maka-Diyos, maka-tao, maka-bayan" (pro-God, pro- people, pro-nation...
Other peculiarities cropped up. In the Manila dockside slum of Tondo, teachers at the Imelda Marcos Elementary School complained that they were being asked to recruit ten voters each for Marcos. Well before the voting began, Marcos operatives in northerly Quezon City were openly offering indigents money to fill out their ballots in advance...