Word: frauds
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Lieut. General Fidel Ramos, Vice Chief of the armed forces, and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile announced that they were breaking with the unregenerate Marcos and called for his immediate resignation. Marcos, Enrile said, had committed fraud in the Feb. 7 special election, and should step down "while there is still time." Declared Ramos: "The time has come to reverse the situation...
...straight face--Marcos' record of "adherence to democratic principles," the administration's policy in the Philippines has worked against any such principles. Even when it became clear that Marcos had stolen the presidential election earlier this month, President Reagan equivocated in the face of widespread reports of election fraud and intimidation by Marcos supporters. Reagan actually encouraged Filipinos not to contest the results of the election...
Reagan's contentious remark was a flub, pure and simple. It was based on intelligence reports from U.S. operatives in the Philippines, who stressed that fraud by Marcos forces was overwhelmingly more pervasive than any by the Aquino opposition. Reagan first made the accusation during a practice question-andanswer session with his staff before the Tuesday-night news conference. The President was corrected. But, says a Reagan aide, "he had it in his mental computer, and it couldn't be erased...
...statement turned out to be a painfully important mistake. Senator Lugar, for one, quickly bridled at the President's observation. Claiming that Reagan "was not well informed," Lugar asserted that the predominance of fraud "was by the government." Later the Senator said he would probably consider curtailment of U.S. aid to the Philippines if the balloting was discredited by an obviously orchestrated Marcos declaration of victory...
Aquino last week was watching Washington for important political signals. She was badly stung by President Reagan's offhand reference to opposition fraud during the election. She responded immediately with a press statement that coolly noted the appointment of Envoy Habib but observed that on his last White House assignment before retirement in 1983, Habib had failed to end civil strife in Lebanon. Said Aquino: "I hope neither Mr. Reagan nor Mr. Marcos is expecting to see our beloved country go the same way." Claiming that she had been cheated out of as much as 25% of the national vote...