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...Philippine political paralysis, and saw a dictatorship as one way of getting things done. Deep social inequalities and high-level corruption have made the country's 26-year experiment with democracy a fitful experience at best. With Congress mired in battles among bickering factions of the ruling Nacionalista Party, the government has been virtually immobilized-unable to pass, among other things, the land-reform program that Marcos simply decreed last week...
...frighten the voters away from the polls; 80% of the qualified electorate cast ballots. Nor did voters take seriously President Ferdinand Marcos' claims that Liberal-aided Communist insurgents were about to overthrow the government. In a stinging personal defeat for Marcos and a severe setback for his ruling Nacionalista Party, the voters gave the underdog Liberals six of the eight contested Senate seats-the only national offices at stake -as well as the Manila mayoralty. Marcos' party did considerably better in some 15,000 local and provincial races, but many of them were uncontested...
Almost Too Good. The final results may not be tabulated for weeks. But incomplete returns show Marcos and his Nacionalista Party beating Liberal Party Candidate Sergio Osmeña Jr. by perhaps 1,700,000 out of 7,000,000 votes counted so far. The scope of Marcos' victory was almost embarrassing. As he met with his supporters in Malacañang Palace to claim victory late in the evening of election day, he was leading in every single precinct then reporting. "How can that be?" complained Osmeña. "This is the dirtiest election we have ever...
...opportunity to win control of his often rebellious Senate. Dressed in sport shirt and slacks, he showed up at as many as four campaign rallies a night and traveled 10,000 miles around the country, asking the electorate to keep the Philippines "on the move" by voting for his Nacionalista Party candidates...
Many in the Philippines felt that Marcos needlessly imperiled his programs by tying them to the outcome of local elections, but the gamble paid off. When the votes were counted, Marcos had won an overwhelming victory. Filipino voters elected 50 Nacionalista governors, 1,050 Nacionalista mayors-including those of every important city except Manila-and six Nacionalista senators, enough to give Marcos the majority he needed. So lopsided was the vote, in fact, that it seemed to make the youthful President an almost certain winner if, as expected, he decides to run for re-election...