Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vashori vaMarcos vakakwanisa kubatanidza pasi peUnited Nationalist Democratic Organization. Mutungamiri webato rinopikisa Benigno Aquino Jr.
akapondwa paakadzokera kunyika muna 1983. Panguva iyi, hurumende yakanga yaodzwa mwoyo nokushaya mari, uori hwakapararira, uye kurasikirwa nokutsigirwa nevezvematongerwe enyika. Kurwisana kwakabatana kwakabatanidzwa musarudzo dzeparamende dza1984, uye kwakawana zvikomborero zvinosanganisira kutsauka kubva mubato rinotonga. Panguva iyi, upfumi hwenyika hwakanga hwava kuderera. Kuti adzivise chishoro chakanga chichikura, muna 1985 Marcos akadaidzira kuti pave nesarudzo dzokukurumidza dzakanga dzisina hwaro hwebumbiro remitemo. Vanopikisa vakasarudza chirikadzi yaBenigno Corazon somumiriri wavo. Marcos akanzi ndiye akanga akunda musarudzo dza1986, asi vanopikisa vakaramba kubvuma zvainge zvabuda, vachiti sarudzo yacho yakanga yatorwa zvisizvo. The People Power Revolution yakadzinga Marcos kubva musimba, uye Aquino akava mutungamiri wenyika mushure mekunge Congress yazivisa zviri pamutemo kuti ndiye akanga akunda musarudzo.