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...rebels' shadowy National Governing Council is a troika chaired by General Eduardo Abenina and filled out by Lieut. Colonel Gregorio ("Gringo") Honasan, mastermind of the last two coup attempts, and General Jose Maria Zumel, a renegade officer loyal to the cause of Marcos. In a phone call, Abenina told TIME that the rebels could count on about 60% of the military for support. Soon, he said, they will begin a new phase of the rebellion, destroying property and, perhaps, waging a campaign of political assassinations...
...denies that the group is out to kill Aquino. "We shall give her a pleasurable life as a private citizen," said Abenina. "Her official acts -- like the declaration of state of emergency -- we will not question." But he said they would scrutinize her private failure to discipline manipulative ; relatives. For the past year, Aquino has promised to prosecute "one big fish" on graft charges but has yet failed to land a catch. Abenina added, "Had America not intervened, this civil war would have been over...
...Cebu, 350 miles southeast of Manila, troops commanded by Brigadier General Edgardo Abenina flew the Philippine flag upside down at their garrisons as a sign of sympathy for the rebels. Civilian authorities were placed under house arrest. But after Ramos relieved Abenina of his command, the brigadier general peacefully submitted...
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