Shine india monthlymagazine published this article page no 21 a trained lawyer marcos was convicted of assassinating a political opponent of his father in 1939 and from his condemned cell argued his case up to the philippine surpreme court where he won an acquittal. during the second world war marcos collaborated with the japanese who occupied the philippines – though he later claimed to have led the filipino resistance a fiction in which the united states colluded awarding him medals. he emerged from the war a wealthy man and served in the philippine house of representatives and the senate switching parties when it suited him. elected president in 1965 he won a second term in 1969. but in 1972 he declared martial law imprisoned his political opponents dissolved congress suspended habeas corpus and used the army as his private police force. he then wrote a new constitution giving himself considerably more power shine india monthly magazine telugu buy.
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