Word: coupe
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...victory was impressive. The winning party picked up eight seats across the nation, making historic breakthroughs in the South that seemed to suggest a continuing realignment of regional political loyalties. This was not the smashing Democratic coup in Senate races; it was the Republicans' success in slashing the Democrats' domination of the nation's gubernatorial mansions from a count of 34 to 16 to just 26 to 24. In an otherwise cloudy Election Day for the G.O.P., Republican strategists justifiably flaunted this silver lining...
...President Corazon Aquino and her restive Defense Minister, Juan Ponce Enrile. While most observers have put the general in Aquino's camp, his support of some of Enrile's positions has made him difficult to read. Last week, confronted by reports that members of the military were planning a coup, Ramos sternly warned "military adventurists" that such action could be "bloody and destabilizing." Declared the general, in his clearest show of support yet for Aquino's fragile government: "It's vital that we safeguard and enhance the gains of the February revolution...
Ramos' no-nonsense message came as Aquino prepared for a four-day trip to Japan this week. The President seemed unfazed by the coup rumors -- and Enrile's persistent opposition. Ignoring his calls for immediate presidential elections, she set Feb. 2 as the date for a plebiscite on a new charter that would grant her a full six-year term in office. She announced that legislative elections would be held next May 11. At midweek government negotiators reopened talks with Communist rebels, an Aquino initiative that Enrile has sharply criticized. Only one day earlier, Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin of Manila...
...President Ferdinand Marcos last February. He took action after the Philippine newspaper Business Day quoted "high-level" military sources as saying that disaffected military men planned an operation, code-named "God Save the Queen," to purge the Aquino government of "left-leaning elements" while retaining Aquino as President. The coup was to take place before the Feb. 2 referendum...
...President's calm assurances that she does "not feel threatened by Minister Enrile," some prophesied Enrile's dismissal, others his resignation. There were predictions that Enrile would try to wring concessions from Aquino that would render the President a figurehead. Some officials even heard the faint rumbles of a coup. All agreed, however, that Aquino was facing the toughest political challenge since she assumed office...