Asian Waters: The Struggle Over the South China Sea and the Strategy of Chinese Expansion

by Humphrey Hawksley

But before the day was out, Marcos had gone. At 10:00 p.m. a US military helicopter took the presidential entourage to Clark Air Base, where they were given two US military passenger jets needed for their cronies, booty, and families to fly to Hawaii. Marcos was so sick and exhausted that he traveled lying down on a stretcher. Honasan was far from happy. He was furious that Aquino’s ceremony had been held at the Club Filipino instead of somewhere more accessible to ordinary families. He had planned to create a military-led government that would clean out the system and oversee new elections after about a year. Instead, the cry to recognize Cory Aquino’s swearing-in and for her to continue as president became too strong to resist.