Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Masu adawa da Marcos sun sami damar haɗuwa a ƙarƙashin Unitedungiyar Democratic Democratic Democratic. An kashe shugaban adawa Benigno Aquino Jr. lokacin da ya dawo kasar
a shekarar 1983. A wannan lokacin, tattalin arzikin ƙasar ya raunana, rashawa ta yi yawa, kuma 'yan siyasa sun daina goyon bayan gwamnati. 'Yan adawar da ke da haɗin kai sun halarci zaɓen majalisa na 1984, kuma sun sami nasarori ciki har da rabuwa daga jam'iyyar da ke mulki. A halin da ake ciki, tattalin arzikin ya shiga wani lokaci na raguwa. Don magance ƙaruwar adawa, a cikin 1985 Marcos ya yi kira ga zaɓen gaggawa wanda ba shi da tushe na tsarin mulki. 'Yan adawa sun zabi gwauruwar Benigno Corazon a matsayin dan takarar su. An ayyana Marcos a matsayin wanda ya lashe zaben 1986, amma 'yan adawa sun ki amincewa da sakamakon, suna zargin cewa an yi magudi a zaben. Juyin Juya Halin Jama'a ya kori Marcos daga mulki, kuma Aquino ya zama shugaban kasa bayan da majalisa ta bayyana ta a matsayin mai nasara a zaben.