MARCOS RUNS FOR OFFICE

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 8, 1992                   TAG: 9201080149
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE: MANILA, PHILIPPINES                                LENGTH: Short
MARCOS RUNS FOR OFFICE
Imelda Marcos, shrugging off corruption cases against her, Tuesday proclaimed her candidacy for president of the Philippines in hopes of recapturing the power that was stripped from her family by a 1986 popular revolt.
The 62-year-old widow of former President Ferdinand Marcos said she wants to unify the splintered opposition to what she called the "sick and misdirected government" of President Corazon Aquino. Elections are scheduled for May, and Aquino has said she will not run for a second term.
"After months of direct consultations with our poor and oppressed citizens, I have decided to run for office to seek the presidency by submitting to the democratic process of a national convention," Marcos said.
She made the statement after pleading not guilty in a special anti-graft court to six new corruption charges, the latest of more than 100 filed by the government against Marcos and her family. Tuesday's charges were part of the government's efforts to recover $356 million allegedly stashed by the Marcoses in Swiss banks during their 20-year rule.
Ferdinand Marcos was ousted nearly six years ago by Aquino's "people power" revolt and died in exile in Hawaii in 1989.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB