< ! -- Commented out : By 1986 , political opposition to the 20-year dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos mounted . In late February , high-ranking military officers including Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and General Fidel Ramos , defected from the Marcos government and seized Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo , two military bases located across each other midway along EDSA . This triggered three days of peaceful demonstrations that became the People Power Revolution . The majority of protesters were gathered at the gates of the two bases , along a stretch of EDSA between the commercial districts of Cubao in Quezon City and Ortigas Center in Mandaluyong . Over two million Filipino civilians , along with political , military , and religious groups led by Archbishop of Manila Cardinal Jaime Sin , succeeded in toppling President Marcos . Corazon Aquino , the widow of assassinated opposition senator Benigno Aquino Jr. , was installed as President on the morning of February 25 ; by midnight , Marcos had escaped Malacañang Palace with his family , and was flying to exile in Hawaii
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