 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Somutungamiri wenyika, Aquino akatungamirira kunyora bumbiro remutemo ra1987, iro rakaganhurira masimba ehutungamiri hwenyika uye rakadzorera dare reCongress, richibudirira kubvisa hurumende yaimbova yeudzvinyiriri. Mitemo yake yezvehupfumi yakanangana nekugadzira chimiro chakanaka chehupfumi pakati penharaunda yepasi rose pamwe nekugadzirisa Marcos-era crony capitalist monopoly, ichisimbisa musika wakasununguka uye hupfumi hunotarisirwa. Hurumende yake yakaita nhaurirano dzorugare kuti igadzirise kupokana kweMoro, uye mhedzisiro yehurukuro idzi yaive kugadzirwa kwe Autonomous Region muMuslim Mindanao. Aquino akashoropodzwawo nokuda kweMendiola Massacre, iyo yakaguma nekuurayiwa kwevanhu vanenge 12 vairatidzira murunyararo nemapurisa ehurumende yePhilippines. Philippines yakatarisana nenjodzi dzinongoitika dzoga dzakasiyana-siyana muchikamu chokupedzisira choutongi hwaAquino, zvakadai sokudengenyeka kwepasi kweLuzon muna 1990uye Dutu reTropical Thelma. Mukati mokutonga kwake muhofisi, kuedza kwakawanda kwakaitwa kurwisana nehurumende yaAquino. Akatsiviwa semutungamiri naFidel V. Ramos ndokudzokera kuhupenyu hwevanhu, uye akaramba ari munhu wezvematongerwo enyika anozivikanwa kwehupenyu hwake hwose. 