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...most important questions facing the country now is whether Zia, 60, is really prepared to share power with the newly elected legislators. He dissolved the National Assembly when he seized power from the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1977, and has since ruled by martial law. Zia insists that the elections will lead to a restoration of civilian rule, possibly "within a few months." Toward this end he had gone to enormous effort to ensure a good turnout. His government declared it a crime for anyone to call for an election boycott, and the President said that "to cast...
...time being, the U.S. will continue supporting Marcos while urging him to resuscitate the democratic institutions that fell into neglect during almost a decade of martial law. The U.S. wishes to encourage as much reform as possible while Marcos is still strong enough to hold the fractious elements of his nation in check. As the moderate opposition continues to squabble, Filipinos find themselves caught in a dilemma: the man they hold responsible for many of their woes, Ferdinand Marcos, also looks to be the only man who is in a position to help solve some of those problems...
This week the country holds its first elections for the National Assembly since 1977. The last Assembly was disbanded on the day Zia proclaimed martial law eight years ago and has not met since. In a move described as a precautionary step in preparation for the latest elections, Zia last week ordered the arrest of hundreds of opposition politicians and others who might prove to be a disruptive influence to his vision of "Islamic democracy." Said a senior Western diplomat in Karachi: "This is an invisible election. The constraints have choked the life...
...civilian lives in the unfortunate event of (the Soviet downing of) the Korean Air Lines jet, and immediately asked for an investigation. We found it difficult to understand how, in these days of modern technology, a plane could be accidentally so far off course. We condemned the imposition of martial law in Poland, but we opposed the imposition of sanctions by the West, believing this would encourage tension and undermine detente...
...murder of Popieluszko, a popular and fervent supporter of the banned Solidarity labor union, and the subsequent arrest of the four Polish security officers, had presented the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski with its most formidable challenge since martial law was imposed in 1981. Jaruzelski's decision to prosecute the men publicly offered fellow Poles an unprecedented glimpse into the workings of the country's secret police and defused, at least temporarily, the explosive anger over Popieluszko's death. There is speculation that the murder was engineered by government hard-liners to embarrass Jaruzelski and his Interior Minister, General Czeslaw...