Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Bayan da shugaban adawa Sanata Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.
An kashe Enrile a ranar 21 ga Agusta, 1983, Enrile ya fara rabuwa da mulkin kama karya na Marcos wanda ba a san shi ba. Ya fara daidaita kansa tare da bangarorin masu adawa a cikin sojojin, musamman Reform the Armed Forces Movement - wanda a lokacin mataimakinsa, Laftanar Kanar Gregorio Honasan ke jagoranta. A ranar 15 ga Fabrairu, 1986, matar Aquino, Cory Aquino, ta sami goyon baya ta hanyar rantsuwar da ta yi don nuna rashin amincewa da Marcos da aka ayyana a matsayin shugaban kasa. Wannan ya sa shugabannin da yawa suka shiga juyin juya hali kuma suka yi yaƙi da Marcos.