Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokusarudzwa kwenguva yechitatu musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika yePhilippines ya1981, kufarirwa kwaMarcos kwakatambura zvikuru nemhaka yekuparara kwezvemari kwakatanga mukutanga kwa1983, uye kutsamwa kwevanhu pamusoro pe
kuurayiwa kwomutungamiriri wevanopikisa, Seneta Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., gare gare gore iroro. Kusagutsikana uku, kumukazve kwevanopikisa musarudzo yeparamende yePhilippine ya1984, uye kuwanikwa kwemagwaro anoratidzira maakaundi ake emari uye zvinyorwa zvenhema zvehondo, zvakaita kuti Marcos adane sarudzo dzenguva pfupi dza1986. Kupomerwa kubiridzira kukuru, nyonganyonga yezvematongerwe enyika, uye kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu zvakatungamirira kuPeople Power Revolution yaFebruary 1986, iyo yakamubvisa musimba. Kuti adzivise icho chingadai chakava kukakavadzana kwechiuto muManila pakati pemapoka aifarira neaivenga Marcos, Marcos akarayirwa neMutungamiri weU.S. Ronald Reagan kupfurikidza naSenator Paul Laxalt kuti "acheke uye acheke zvakachena". Marcos akabva atizira kuHawaii nemhuri yake. Akatsiviwa semutungamiri wechirikadzi yaAquin, Corazon "Cory" Aquino.