Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Kadib markii loo doortay xilkii saddexaad ee doorashadii madaxtinimada Filibiin ee 1981, caan ka ahaanshaha Marcos ayaa si weyn u xanuunsaday sababo la xiriira burburka dhaqaale ee bilowday horraantii 1983, iyo caro dadweyne oo ka dhalatay doorashadii madaxtinimada Filibiin ee 1981
Dilkii hogaamiyihii mucaaradka, Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., dabayaaqadii sanadkaas. Niyad jabkan, dib u soo nooleynta mucaaradka ee doorashadii baarlamaanka Filibiin ee 1984, iyo helitaanka dukumiintiyo soo bandhigaya xisaabaadkiisa maaliyadeed iyo diiwaanada dagaalka ee been abuurka ah, ayaa u horseeday Marcos inuu ku baaqo doorashada degdegga ah ee 1986. Eedeymaha khiyaanooyinka ballaaran, qalalaasaha siyaasadeed, iyo xadgudubyada xuquuqda aadanaha ayaa horseeday Kacaanka Awoodda Dadka ee Febraayo 1986, kaas oo isaga ka saaray xukunka. Si looga fogaado waxa laga yaabo inuu ahaa iska horimaad militari oo ka dhex dhacay Manila ciidamada taageersan iyo kuwa ka soo horjeeda Marcos, Marcos waxaa kula taliyay madaxweynaha Mareykanka Ronald Reagan isagoo u maraya Senator Paul Laxalt inuu "dhimto oo si nadiif ah u jaro". Kadibna Marcos iyo qoyskiisa waxay u qaxeen Hawaii. Waxaa xilka madaxweynaha ku guuleystay carmalka Aquino, Corazon "Cory" Aquino.