After loyally serving Marcos, Enrile, ever the opportunist, switched to the opposition in February 1986 and sealed the dictator’s downfall in the EDSA revolution. He joined President Corazon Aquino’s cabinet but was a constant thorn in her side. Just nine months into her tenure, Enrile did everything he could to destabilize the fragile democracy he helped to restore. He publicly attacked Aquino until she was compelled to fire him. As the Washington Post reported at the end of 1986, Enrile became Aquino’s chief political rival and drew on strong support from his Cagayan home province, and the Nacionalista Party, which was being quietly revived by other former Marcos ministers.