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...more than 400 of days, the Philippines had been on edge, waiting for what could be a major turning point in its political history. The Agrava board, a fact-finding body set up by President Ferdinand Marcos to investigate the Aug. 21, 1983, assassination of Opposition Leader Benigno Aquino within moments of his return from exile, had promised to publish the results of its hearings by the anniversary of the murder. But that day passed, and so did that week. Another week went by, then a month. Questions snowballed. Tensions mounted. A steady trickle of leaks- some careless, some calculated...
Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos may not be everyone's idea of a "little Girl Scout." But that was how she described herself last week when she made an unexpected appearance before the government-appointed board of Justice Corazon Agrava to answer questions about the assassination of Opposition Leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino Jr. in August 1983. Dabbing tears from her eyes, Mrs. Marcos, in a voice breaking with emotion, told how she had done everything in her power to save the life of her husband's chief political opponent. She vehemently denied reports that during a meeting with...
...Marcos' evidence came at the end of the eight-month-long investigation into Aquino's death. Despite contradictory testimony, the Marcos government has continued to stick by its story that Aquino was killed by a hired gunman in a Communist plot. Justice Agrava did little to appease suspicions that her board has been too soft on government witnesses: at the end of Mrs. Marcos' testimony, Agrava asked everyone present to sing Happy Birthday to the First Lady, who turned 55 that...
Balang's appearance before the Agrava commission was a blow to the government. Agrava confirmed that Balang's house had been staked out by people calling themselves CIS agents, and, in an act of considerable courage, she arranged protection for the witness. In his testimony, Balang questioned that Galman could have pulled the trigger. "I heard a shot, and when I looked back, the man in white [Aquino] was falling down," Balang recounted. "At that moment, I saw [Galman] just standing there parallel to Aquino, surrounded by members of the Aviation Security Command (AVSECOM). He was smiling...
...categorically that he saw a soldier fire at the late Senator." True enough, but his testimony was the commission's first break in the case. This week, Agrava and her colleagues are scheduled to go to Taiwan and Japan to interview other witnesses...