Shine india monthlymagazine published this article page no 22 his wife imelda and other family members were given lucrative government posts. while the filipino people lived in abject poverty the marcos flaunted their extravagant lifestyle imelda becoming world-renowned for her huge collection of shoes. (while the acquisition of shoes may no doubt be a laudable enterprise especially from a shoe manufacturers point of view it is perhaps questionable whether it merits keeping an entire population in misery.) in 1981 marcos ended martial law but continued to rule by decree. opposition leader benigno aquino who had gone into exile after being imprisoned for eight years by marcos returned in 1983 but was shot dead on the orders of imelda if front of a plane full of journalists after he had landed at manila. this sparked riots. an official enquiry blamed a high ranking general fabian ver. a family friend of marcoses ver was acquitted when the case went to court shine india monthly magazine telugu buy.
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