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Aquino's attempts to claim the Marcos millions topped a week in which the new President moved to consolidate her power. She freed prominent insurgents, including the founder of the outlawed Communist Party, took steps to replace local officials loyal to her predecessor and asked for the resignations of Marcos' judges. Aquino found that she could not please all of the people all of the time. The military opposed her decision to free the hard-core rebels, and leftists complained because she had not freed everyone earlier. Meanwhile, Marcos supporters accused her of acting arbitrarily in ousting local officials...
...government television station quoted Gen. Fidel V. Ramos, the armed forces commander, as saying four generals loyal to Marcos were under house arrest. The official Philippine News Agency quoted Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile as saying three others--former commanders of the air force, navy and army dismissed by Aquino--also were under arrest...
...remain in power. Next day he dispatched a second message, advising Marcos that he as well as his family and close associates was welcome to live in the U.S. White House Spokesman Larry Speakes announced that American military aid to the Philippines would be cut off if troops loyal to Marcos used the army against the Philippine reform movement forces led by Enrile and Ramos. On Sunday evening, Shultz and Under Secretary of State Armacost met at the State Department with Blas Ople, Marcos' Minister of Labor, who had come to Washington to plead the Philippine President's case. According...
...they can be renegotiated. Following a 1984 policy review by the National Security Council, which concluded that Marcos would "try to remain in power indefinitely," the Administration began to work for economic, political and military reform in the Philippines. Shultz laid down the overriding principle: the U.S. must be loyal to the institutions of democracy, not to Marcos...
...military is deeply divided in its allegiance. Officers loyal to Ver have been given promotions, plum assignments and extended tours of duty beyond retirement age. Critics of Ver, finding their advancement blocked by aging generals and a system that rewards political connections rather than merit, have taken their grievances to the press. They accuse their senior officers of encouraging graft and corruption, of human rights violations, interference in elections and a general lack of professionalism. They almost unanimously point to Ver as the man responsible for the military's lack of cohesion and poor morale...