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...promote his boycott, Chavez has traveled from Los Angeles to Boston, picking up endorsements from such prominent politicians as Senators Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Paul Simon of Illinois. Chavez thinks that if he can get 6% of the population to stop eating grapes, growers will be forced to listen to his union's complaints. ACQUISITIONS Old Profession, New Offering...
...said Jovito Salonga, a leader of the opposition Liberal Party, was "a masterpiece in absurdity." If they lose the court challenge, as is likely because Marcos has appointed all of the court's 14 justices, opposition leaders will have to decide whether to participate in the election or to boycott it. More realistically, oppositionists hope that a Supreme Court fight will give them more time to organize their political machinery. Twelve opposition parties agreed last June to unite around a single presidential candidate in the event of just such a snap election, but so far only three have done...
Many moderate opposition figures were trying to delay the elections until March in order to get better organized. Without such a concession from Marcos, they were threatening the possibility of an election boycott. The Marcos regime has hinted that it might be accommodating. Said Philippine Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile last week: "We will be sportive about...
...POSSIBLE BOYCOTT. We are not going to boycott the election, even if we know it is going to be dirty. The people want a chance to participate. Whether it's dirty or clean, they want a chance to defend their ballot...
...same month in Geneva. That December the Soviet-dominated government of Poland cracked down forcefully on growing unrest. Reagan reacted as impractically as Carter had, ordering U.S. companies to stop helping the Soviets build a natural-gas pipeline to Western Europe and later asking European allies to join the boycott by renouncing a raft of potentially profitable deals. They refused...