KILUSANG MAYO UNO - Leaders of the country's major labor federations decided on a nationwide work stoppage on Wednesday in support of the claim to victory of opposition Presidential challenger Corazon C. Aquino. About 1.2 million workers will paralyze business and commercial activities with walkouts and coordinated simultaneous strikes. To be affected by the strike are the airline and transport, banking, hotel and restaurant, food and drugs, garments and textile, stevedoring, mining, manufacturing, and service industries. Sunday Times 23 Feb Fidel Ramos: I sent orders for our regional commands to organize units for us, just in case magkaroon ng pangangailangan.
Buong gabing nakababad sa telepono si Ramos at ang kanyang mga tauhan. "Una naming tinawagan, siyempre, iyong mga tropang alam naming sasama sa amin. Halimbawa, ang Naval Patrol Force ni Commodore Tagumpay Jardiniano na ikatlong bahagi agad ng Philippine Navy. At ang Scout Ranger Regiment, kahit sila mismo ang pambato ni Ver. Marami kasing Ranger officers hindi lamang iyong mga bata; pati senior officers at unit commanders na sa akin nag-train bilang junior officers," kuwento ni Ramos. "Inutusan ko rin ang mga kakampi naming regional commands na bumuo ng mga unit na susuporta sa amin kung sakaling mangailangan kami.