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Feb 7 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
#TodayinHistory in 1986, the consequential Snap Elections began. The 2 contenders for the presidency were Ferdinand Marcos Sr. & Corazon C. Aquino. It is one of the landmark events that led to the EDSA People Power Revolution 3 weeks later. THREAD. #history #kasaysayan
After the assassination of Ninoy Aquino in 1983, int'l support on Marcos Sr. waned. It was in Nov 1985 that Marcos Sr. was interviewed in the David Brinkley's show & said: "... all these childish claims to popularity on both sides have to be settled, then I think...
"... we better settle it by calling an election... And we will invite the members of the American Congress to please come and see what is happening here. All this talk about fraud... that's sourgrapes."

Corazon Aquino, after much thought and consultation accepted the challenge.
Upon the acquittal of Fabian Ver and 26 accused in the murder of her husband, Aquino called on Salvador Laurel to be her running mate. They filed their certificates of candidacy on 3 Dec 1985.
Meanwhile, Marcos Sr. chose former senator & then assemblyman of Manila, Arturo Tolentino as his running mate.
As the day of the elections drew near, .@Namfrel, formed in 1983 to become the nationwide watchdog of the polls, prepared itself, even while Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Party of Marcos attempted to discredit it. Despite this, NAMFREL was given an official observer status by @COMELEC.
#OnThisDay in 1986, the national elections began. NAMFREL deployed around 500,000 volunteers to ensure the sanctity of the ballot. Around 850 foreign correspondents also covered the event as events in the Philippines were broadcasted around the world.
Forty four delegates from 19 countries, known as the International Observer Delegation, also came to observe.

Read their report, declaring the elections a failure: pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABK…
The election was ridden w/ vote buying & poll fraud. An est. 3.5 million voters were disenfranchised on election day. Violence was rampant. 2 days later, 35 employees & computer operators in the COMELEC Tabulation Center walked out in protest.
The final count as per NAMFREL:
7,158,769 for Aquino; 6,532,362 for Marcos Sr.

For COMELEC:
9,291,716 for Aquino; 10,807,197 for Marcos Sr.

On 15 Feb 1986, Batasan Pambansa declared Marcos Sr. the winner of the elections.
Amidst applause at Batasan, a lightning rally revealed itself inside the hall--a small grp of Claretians & Born-Again called "Konsensya ng Febrero Siete." They raised their banner for all the foreign press to see: "The Lord detests liars!" They were quickly taken outside.
The next day, 16 Feb 1986, an unprecedented 2 million assembled in Luneta, Manila in protest, in what would be known as the Tagumpay ng Bayan Rally. These events would soon gain momentum & lead to the EDSA People Power Revolution.
Photos:
- Escort service ballot boxes from seminarians who-- along with other religious--were called the NAMFREL Marines, 7 Feb 1986, from Joe Galvez Jr.
- Marcos Sr. at "This Week with David Brinkley", 3 Nov 1985
- At the NAMFREL HQ, c. Feb 1986, from Alain Coudert
- Human barricades were assembled to protect the ballots, c. Feb 1986, from Ben Avestruz
- An unidentified man in San Juan, Metro Manila, cockily aiming his handgun at an UNIDO supporter, Ang Pahayagang Malaya, 8 Feb 1986
- The COMELEC 35 walking out of the PICC Hall, 9 Feb 1986
- The KONFES banner, c. Feb 1986
- Tagumpay ng Bayan Rally aerial view, 16 Feb 1986

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