Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yayin da halin da ake ciki a Philippines ya tsananta, Aquino ya yanke shawarar dawowa don fuskantar Marcos da maido da dimokiradiyya a kasar, duk da barazanar da ake yi mata. Ya kasance
An kashe shi a Filin jirgin saman Manila a ranar 21 ga Agusta, 1983, bayan ya dawo daga gudun hijirar da ya yi. Mutuwarsa ta sake farfado da adawa da Marcos; hakan kuma ya jefa gwauruwarsa, Corazon, cikin harkokin siyasa kuma ya sa ta yi nasarar tsayawa takara na tsawon shekaru shida a matsayin shugaban kasa a matsayin memba na jam'iyyar United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) a zaben da aka yi a shekarar 1986.