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...foretaste of what it will face in the months, and perhaps years, ahead as it tries to recover the former leader's riches. The jockeying was also an early test of relations between President Reagan, who has personally pledged to treat Marcos with "dignity," and Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who has indicated she would consider it an act of bad faith for the White House to protect the wily former President. Last week Washington attempted to strike an artful balance between the competing interests. While the Justice Department intervened in federal court to help secure release of the documents...
...Aquino's strategy in dealing with the Communists is to court the 16,000 to 20,000 rebels with offers of a six-month cease-fire and amnesty if they disarm. At least one regional N.P.A. command scoffed at that, demanding the ouster of Ramos and Enrile before talk of a cease-fire could begin. But the government is apparently considering at least one intriguing sweetener: paying the rebels above-market prices for turning in their guns. Under the plan, a guerrilla might receive, say, $1,750 for an automatic rifle worth $1,500 on the open market. He would...
...Aquino may find the rebels more tractable than politicians in Manila. Last week members of Marcos' New Society Movement were angry because the new Minister of Local Government, Aquilino Pimentel, indicated that Aquino might name many of her own people to provincial and municipal slots and postpone local elections expected in May. The new President ran into less opposition when she attempted to recast the Marcos-dominated judiciary. By week's end she had secured resignations from ten of the twelve members of the Supreme Court and from 37 of 38 judges on the appellate court...
...major piece of judicial business facing the President will be a new inquiry into the murder of her husband, Benigno Aquino Jr., who was killed as he stepped off a plane at Manila International Airport in 1983. Apparently emboldened by Marcos' departure, Manuel Herrera, a prosecutor in the ombudsman's office of the graft and corruption court, came forward last week with fresh details about the case. General Fabian Ver, Marcos' Chief of Staff, and 25 other defendants were charged with conspiracy in the assassination. Herrera recalled a meeting with Marcos before the trial began in which the former President...
Perhaps the most pressing issue facing Aquino is her country's economic troubles. This week an International Monetary Fund team arrives in Manila to determine whether the Philippines should receive the next scheduled installment of standby credits. In Washington, both the Reagan Administration and Congress have expressed eagerness to increase Philippine aid. "We want this experiment to be a success," said Republican Senator Richard Lugar, co- chairman of the U.S. observer team that monitored the Philippine presidential elections. "We're going to have to do more." The new Philippine President will clearly need that help...