Look how many enemies marcos had:
1. He helped US during the vietnam war by sending soldiers. This already made his position difficult with china and USSR.
2. He intercepted a cache of weapons and ammunition sent from China.
3. He made it known that the philippines was going to pursue its claim against sabah at all costs. This made him an enemy of malaysia who funded muslim separatist groups.
4. He had an ironfisted policy against insurgents IMO it was a far more effective campaign than what we have now, this were separatists funded by foreign governments.
5. He nationalized some businesses who were doing business unethically. After he bailed them out he nationalized them but after EDSA those businesses were given back to their owners because of Cory.
6. His unwavering insistence to not give in to US demands for the payment of government loans because of reasons beyond his control made him an enemy of the US. Of course there were no loans given out again because of the difficult security situation.
So his enemies were: foreign governments, organized crime, shady businesses, and opportunists.
Don't ever think EDSA was all about marcos hahahaha, please look at the other players too.
1. Cory Aquino: sold and privatized some government properties that was possible because of some FM loans. Did not bother to continue with BNPP. This could have payed off some of our loans but the proceeds went instead to shady businessmen.
2. FVR: Continued to sell and privatize government assets.
3. Enrile: Proliferated in his smuggling and illegal logging operations. He has so many connections in most ports of the BOC.
4. Honasan: Being a prominent member of the RAM, he too was able to get a share of the loot that he and enrile brokered between FVR when they staged a coup during post-martial law era.
5. Top AFP: Most of them had a share of the loot after the fall of FM. Of course they got rewarded for working behind the scenes to topple the strong man.
6. Leftist Groups: They come a dime a dozen. It's so easy to make a group of them with just a few pesos hahahaha.