Word: arroyo
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo blamed "military adventurists" for plotting to overthrow her government last week. But who were those adventurists? What exactly were they up to? TIME got a box seat for the alleged plot: witnessing a meeting last Thursday evening at which plans were hatched for what a ringleader called a "withdrawal of support" from Arroyo, a U.S.-educated economist who was Bill Clinton's classmate at Georgetown University...
...meeting, which stretched into the early-morning hours, took place at the Makito home of Jose Cojuangco, brother of former President Corazon Aquino. While Cojuangco's daughter kept a buffet table piled high with chicken sandwiches, macaroni salad and cookies, Pastor Saycon, a businessman and longtime Arroyo critic, outlined plans for a new government. (Saycon invited TIME's Nelly Sindayen to witness the meeting.) While more than a dozen businessmen and politicians listened, Saycon phoned a person he identified as a U.S. official in Washington. "You will still be our friend, not China," Saycon assured the man. Saycon then phoned...
...plot fizzled when Lim tried to enlist the support of Armed Forces Chief of Staff Generosa Senga, who instead took Lim into custody. On Friday Arroyo declared a state of emergency. Neither Saycon nor anyone else at the meeting was immediately arrested...
...Arroyo's hold on power remains tenuous. The military said last week that 14 junior officers had been briefly detained for allegedly plotting a separate coup. And despite pledges of support by the armed forces, rumors of unrest are a constant source of fear for Arroyo's civilian leadership. In a TV address, she declared that "as commander in chief, I control the situation." In the hurly-burly politics of the Philippines, that remains to be seen...
...Usually military recruiters target poor towns and citizens,” said Erica Kujawski, a high school student from Wellesley, Mass., referring to the military’s practice of attracting students by promising to pay for their educations. Boston City Councillor at Large Felix D. Arroyo joined the marchers for a few minutes. As well as criticizing the war in Iraq, he emphasized the importance of activism. “I think what is happening today should happen more often,” Arroyo said...