Word: aquinos
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...criticism of Aquino. Actually, I am not criticizing Mrs. Aquino. Far from it. Nor am I speaking out of turn as a member of the Cabinet. Our government is not the constitutional government that you have in America. What we have is a revolutionary government. Mrs. Aquino was the constitutionally elected President of the Philippines for only one month, from Feb. 25 to March 25 of this year. When she took her oath of office as President of the Philippines, it was the perception of everyone that she was taking power by virtue of her election. On March...
...dissolving the National Assembly. That was one of the major errors committed by President Marcos when he declared martial law in 1972. I was hoping that experience would not be repeated by Mrs. Aquino...
...plans. If I am asked to resign, I'll have to consult the people who asked me to represent them in the government. First, the record must show that Mrs. Aquino did not in fact give me a job. I was holding the position before she took her oath of office. Second, I was holding a position even higher than that of Minister of Defense. We were in control of the government...
...government's future. There should be no fear on the part of anybody about the stability of the government if it is really stable. If there is any instability, it is not because of us but because of their (Aquino's and her closest associates') inability to show leadership, to really direct and defend the nation...
Said Weissman, "When [Eaton Professor of the Science of Government Samuel P.] Huntington introduced [Philippine President Corazon C.] Aquino a few weeks ago he refered to the Corporation as 'our politburo.' We think this is a very accurate assessment...