Game of thrones? The Marcoses and the Lopezes (Eugenio Sr. and Fernando, who was then vice president of the country) in happier times.
The massive student demonstrations in the first quarter of 1970 were a big lesson for the communists. These broke out not because of protests against the US bases, landlordism, or corruption, but because of the police brutality against student demonstrators — for the first time vividly reported by media — that occurred at Congress right after Marcos delivered his 1970 State of the Nation Address.