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...official, speaking on condition he not be identified, described what he called an emotional conversation between the two on Saturday after Reagan arrived in Hawaii, where Marcos has been in exile since he was ousted by Corazon Aquino in February...
Yesterday, Marcos spoke by telephone to a cheering crowd of about 12,000 followers in Manila, telling them he was the legitimate president of the Philippines. He urged them to demonstrate peacefully against the Aquino government, and said, "I am healthy....I am ready to fight...
Marcos was toppled after a disputed national election in which both he and Mrs. Aquino claimed victory. With widespread evidence of fraud, key military leaders deserted Marcos, who after a tense two days, averted possible civil war by accepting a U.S. offer of safe haven...
However, he has invited Mrs. Aquino to visit the United States. That visit will probably take place next fall, said presidential spokesman Larry Speakes...
Marcos can be expected to claim immunity from lawsuits for acts undertaken in his executive capacity. Even if the courts reject his assertion that he is still the legal President of the Philippines, says Marcos' Washington lawyer Richard Hibey, "he should still enjoy absolute immunity for official acts." Aquino attorneys reply that Marcos did not act within the lawful powers of the presidency and that, in any case, immunity does not apply to commercial activities like real estate deals...