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...President seemed determined to go through with his inauguration this week. However, the government that he ushers in is certain to be a government in name only. After enduring martial law, the Aquino assassination and a corrupt national election, the Filipino tolerance for wrongdoing finally seems to have reached its limits. Nothing emphasized that point so dramatically as the thousands of civilians who flocked to Camp Aguinaldo on Sunday, effectively offering to serve as buffers to any possible action by Marcos against the reformers...
Unflinchingly, the church hierarchy ticked off the irregularities: disenfranchisement of voters, widespread and heavy vote buying, deliberate tampering with election returns, intimidation, harassment, terrorism and murder. The bishops said that the "government has the obligation to right the wrong it is founded on." And directly addressing the Filipino people, they added, "Now is the time to speak...
...leader of the Catholic Church in the Philippines is Jaime Cardinal Sin, 57, the Archbishop of Manila. Sin, the 14th of 16 children of a Filipino mother and a Chinese father, has diplomatic gifts that have been invaluable tools in guiding church policy. A wry sense of humor also helps. He calls his residence in suburban Mandaluyong "the house...
...spent much of his energy at the meeting trying to convince the skeptical majority of his Executive Branch audience that they should not give up too soon on support for the unobstructed democratic process in the Philippines. The normally terse Senator spoke movingly of brave souls like an ordinary Filipino housewife who confronted armed thugs in order to defend her ballot. He urged the White House not to resign itself to a Marcos victory too quickly...
Aside from money, he could count on a near monopoly of local political machinery. The K.B.L. controls 73 of 74 provincial governorships and all but a handful of the 1,592 mayors' offices. Virtually every one of 41,615 Filipino barangays (villages) has a K.B.L. ward heeler. Such a network was invaluable for getting supporters to campaign rallies, and even more important in turning out voters on election...