Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 21 ga Agusta, 1983, an kashe babban abokin hamayyar Marcos, shugaban adawa Benigno Aquino Jr.
a kan titin saukar jiragen sama a filin jirgin saman Manila. Marcos ya yi kira ga zaben shugaban kasa a shekarar 1986. An ayyana Marcos a matsayin wanda ya yi nasara, amma sakamakon da aka samu ya zama yaudara. Sakamakon zanga-zangar ya haifar da juyin juya halin ikon jama'a, wanda ya tilasta Marcos da abokan kawancensa su gudu zuwa Hawaii, kuma aka nada gwauruwar Aquino, Corazon Aquino, a matsayin shugaban kasa.