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In protest, 35 technicians, composed of 30 women and five men, walked out of the processing center at 10:30pm on 9 February, two days after the election day. [6] They first sought refuge in Baclaran Church in Parañaque , about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) away from PICC, where they gave their only press conference before they went into hiding.
The 1986 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on February 7, 1986. Popularly known as the 1986 snap election , it is among the landmark events that led up to the People Power Revolution , the downfall of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos , and the accession of Corazon C. Aquino as president.
This electoral exercise was marred by widespread reports of violence and tampering of election results, culminating in the walkout of 30 COMELEC computer technicians to protest the deliberate manipulation of the official election results to favor Ferdinand Marcos. The walkout was considered one of the early "sparks" of the People Power Revolution.
A group of students who were punished for partaking in last week's National School Walkout turned their punishment into another gun violence protest.
On #NationalWalkoutDay, 16-year-old Justin Blackman realized that he was the only student at Wilson Preparatory Academy to participate in the protest.
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Rally against the Marcos Dictatorship in January 1986. February 7 – Presidential snap elections are held. Pres. Marcos leads the tally made by the Commission of Elections (Comelec), but his opponent, Corazon Cojuangco–Aquino, leads another tally by the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel). [1] [2]
It is known to have introduced non-partisan national election monitoring to the Philippines after exposing the issues involved with the 1986 snap elections. [2] NAMFREL was co-founded by Jose S. Concepcion Jr., and was its first National Chairperson. NAMFREL was formally organized in October 1983 as an offshoot of the New Voters Registration ...