It recalled the commotion that surrounded her trial in Federal Court last year, on charges that she helped her husband steal more than $200 million from the Philippine treasury.

Mrs. Marcos is accused of pirating the money from the Philippine treasury and investing it in real estate in the United States, including Manhattan.

Her personal probity is above reproach, but rampant corruption costs the Philippine treasury some $2.5 billion a year - or about a third of the national budget.

She is charged with looting the Philippine treasury of more than $200 million, while she was that country's First Lady, and investing it in real estate in Manhattan.

Mrs. Marcos is almost certain to win the race in Leyte, her native province, despite the widespread assumption among Filipinos that she helped her husband loot the Philippine treasury of billions of dollars.

Mrs. Marcos is charged with stealing more than $200 million from the Philippine treasury and secretly using it to buy the four buildings.

The Marcoses were accused of taking more than $100 million from the Philippine treasury and spending it on real estate and art in New York, with Mr. Khashoggi posing as an owner.

According to American and Philippine officials, dozens of valuable paintings - more than 100, according to the Philippine Government - were purchased by President Marcos with money from the Philippine treasury.

She was charged with systematically stealing, along with her late husband, Ferdinand, more than $200 million from the Philippine treasury and then hiding the money through investments in the buildings.

Mrs. Marcos is accused of stealing more than $200 million with her husband, Ferdinand, from the Philippine treasury.