Editing Fabian Ver (section)

==Aquino assassination and acquittal by Marcos==
Ver kept aging officers loyal to himself and also to Marcos on the armed forces, thus making young officers disgruntled. The [[Reform the Armed Forces Movement]] (RAM) was formed by these young officers, led by then Colonel [[Gregorio Honasan]] and then Captain Proceso Maligalig as a result of this. The RAMboys, as they were known in the Philippines, played a key role in Marcos' overthrow. As the Marcos regime grew unpopular during these years, Marcos would be in and out of office due to kidney ailments. Political mismanagement ensued, culminating with the 1983 assassination of popular opposition leader and senator [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]] upon his return from exile in the United States. The [[Corazon Agrava|Agrava Commission]], an independent fact-finding body put up by Marcos, found evidence to verify that the military and Ver were involved, but he was subsequently acquitted in 1985 by the [[Sandiganbayan]]. After the tumultuous [[1986 Philippine presidential election|snap election]] on February 7, 1986, Marcos announced that he was replacing Ver with [[Fidel Ramos]] due to his alleged ties with Ninoy Aquino's [[Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.|assassination]], although he tacitly kept Ver in power.