Imelda Marcos to Run for President
Imelda Marcos announced her candidacy for president Tuesday after pleading innocent in a Philippine court to graft charges filed by the government of President Corazon Aquino.
The widow of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos called her decision to run in the May 11 elections the result of “months of direct consultations with our poor and oppressed citizens.”
Marcos, 61, the flamboyant former first lady who is known for an extravagant lifestyle, accused the Aquino’s government of failing to deliver basic services to the country’s destitute.
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