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'Irony' comes from the Greek eironeia (εἰρωνεία) and dates back to the 5th century BCE.This term itself was coined in reference to a stock-character from Old Comedy (such as that of Aristophanes) known as the eiron, who dissimulates and affects less intelligence than he has—and so ultimately triumphs over his opposite, the alazon, a vain-glorious braggart.
The party of President Ferdinand Marcos, the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL), won 150 of the seats and more than 71% of the vote. Although the Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) party of Benigno Aquino Jr. got more than 10 percent of the vote, its candidates won no seats at all in the Batasang.