Imelda And Me

Ferdinand Marcos and his wife ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 elected three times most consider those elections to be completely fraudulent and was accused of using $56 million in government funds to run his campaign. In 1970 students in Manila started mass protests against his government which became known as the First Quarter Storm

The First Quarter Storm was a period of leftist unrest in the Philippines, composed of a series of heavy demonstrations, protests, and marches against the government from January to March 1970, or the first quarter of 1970. It was one of the factors leading to the declaration of Martial Law in 1972. The movement was led by the student leaders of the University of the Philippines, echoing recent student demonstrations all around the world before 1970. But then, the Moderate demonstration turned into a Radical one, led by the Kabataang Makabayan founder Jose Maria Sison as well as the leader of the New People's Army Bernabe "Dante" Buscayno. Laborers also took part, protesting against graft and corruption in government, and the decline in the economy caused by high oil prices. Some sources stated that the unrest is the plan to overthrow the government through communist as well as socialist support to the masses, as well as students and workers who facilitated the storm. Most of the activists carried Molotov cocktails and pillbox bombs to counter the policemen's attacks at Malacanang Palace.

These protests led to Martial Law in 1972 Marcos used Martial Law to not only jail those who opposed his regime but its believed killed thousands.

Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972, by virtue of Proclamation No. 1081, extending his rule beyond the constitutional two-term limit. He justified this by exaggerating threats of Communist and Muslim insurgencies.[19] Ruling by decree, he curtailed press freedom and other civil liberties, closed down Congress and media establishments, and ordered the arrest of opposition leaders and militant activists, including his staunchest critics, senators Benigno Aquino, Jr., Jovito Salonga and Jose Diokno.[20][21] Marcos claimed that martial law was the prelude to creating his Bagong Lipunan, a "New Society" based on new social and political values