yes i would argue that Marcos was one of our best presidents (in terms of reforms, contributions, and intellect), but he is not remembered as such in our annals of history.
After his reelection, things took a downhill turn. Imposed martial law and all. And boy, the amount of money his cronies and his family got through corruption. heck, even now her infinite collection of shoes is a testament to that.
and im sorry but you must be joking when you say he is one of our best presidents in terms of democracy. heck, he stayed in office for what, 20 years. and that snap election in the '80's, can't really be considered anything other than fraudulent.
Also, don't agree with the implicit count of cory aquino being better in policies. personally, and what a lot of my countrymen feel, she really didn't have any strong policies, she was just swept into power because of sympathy (and an apparent "successor) for her husband, who was supposed to be president if he had survived the assassination attempt.