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In 1983, three years before Corazon Aquino rode a wave of national anger to become President of the Philippines, one of the country's most astute political observers made an eerily prescient assessment. "So she becomes the rallying point," he said. "Immediately, corruption will increase. Everybody will feather his nest...
Just as she has done after every other major coup attempt, the President displayed resolve and dispatch. Aquino peremptorily summoned the country's Senators to Malacanang Palace and bluntly presented them with her declaration of a national state of emergency, the closest thing to martial law that the constitution allowed...
As many as 100,000 Filipinos showed up to wave banners and shout, "Cory! Cory!" However, it was reported that some participants were bused in from the provinces, and the government's claim of a turnout of 1 million was hyperbole. But the crowd loved her performance. Said a bystander...
Yet Aquino has always been reluctant to follow through on her shows of strength, which she equates with her predecessor Marcos. In the past, every display of post-rebellion resolve has been followed by inconsistency and a return to bureaucratic procrastination. Unfortunately, Aquino's devotion to constitutional principles is "part...
The President may not know what to do with the military. For the past four years, Aquino has depended on the loyalty of Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos to keep the armed forces in line. But Ramos' response to every rebellion has been to patch up relations between the various military...