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What was Vice President Salvador Laurel up to when he accused President Corazon Aquino of incompetence earlier this month and suggested that she resign? Manila's coffeehouse circuit suspected Laurel was more concerned about his political future than good government. That theory got a boost last week when Laurel joined Juan Ponce Enrile, Aquino's former Defense Minister, to launch a new opposition party. Laurel is expected to head the alliance, which includes disgruntled supporters of Ferdinand Marcos. Said Hernando Perez, a pro-Aquino member of the House of Representatives: "Laurel will join any party that will make him President...
That could be a big if. In his speech to more than 1,000 congress delegates at Rangoon's old walled racetrack, Ne Win cited age and poor health as his reasons for offering to resign. He also asked the congress to approve the resignations of five top party leaders, including Party Vice President San Yu, 69, who has served as Burma's President for the past seven years...
...general added that his offer to resign should satisfy those who have taken to the streets -- a reference to protests that reached new peaks in June, when thousands of antigovernment demonstrators marched in Rangoon. Ne Win threatened to call out the army if protesters rallied again. If that happened, he warned, the "army will shoot straight, not up in the air." Said a Western diplomat in Rangoon: "That doesn't sound like a man resigning. That sounds like a man who is very much in control...
...month investigation of Attorney General Edwin Meese to a three-judge Washington panel last week, it was clear he would not seek a criminal indictment. A few hours later in Sacramento, the Attorney General declared that the result "fully vindicates me" and announced that he would resign by the end of this month or early August to "accept opportunities in the private sector." Meese had not yet read the 830-page report, which will probably not be released before July 15, but in making his announcement he followed the historic dictum of cagey generals engaged in losing battles: declare victory...
...long, it's been good to know ya. Attorney General Edwin Meese will be gone before the Democratic Convention, Bush sources hope. He'll resign just as soon as he has had a chance to mount a face-saving p.r. offensive against the impending report from Independent Counsel James McKay...