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...Fellows of the Center also have a wide range of significant political connections because of the nature of their appointments. Chosen on the basis of their work as political "practitioners," their ranks include Robin Renwick, who served as Loar Soames' advisors in Zimbabwe, Benigno Aquino, ex-Presidential candidate in the Phillipines, and Korean dissident Kim Dae Jung, who will join the program next year...
...Aquino, under death sentence in the Philippines, spent seven years in jail there for his political opposition to Marcos's martial law regime before being allowed to come in 1980 to the United States for health reasons. He has been at Harvard for the last year and a half...
...extradition treaty, the first between the two countries, will go before the Senate for final approval sometime this spring, Aquino added...
Philippine groups in this country oppose the treaty for two main reasons, Aquino said. "Extradition normally involves criminal offenses, such as income tax evasion, but since Marcos possesses unchecked power over the courts, he can fabricate charges against his political opponents in this country...
...Aquino also criticized the treaty because the State Department, rather than the courts, determines whether an extradition is being sought for political reasons. "Next year the U S will be negotiating for military bases in the Philippines. What will prevent the State Department from trading us for bases? We are pawns on the bargaining table. Our cases will not be decided on merit, but on what is expedient for U.S. foreign policy," he added...