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...Social Security Building in Quezon City opened at 8:15 a.m. last Friday. They had come to hear the Philippines' top military officer testify about why his forces were unable to prevent the assassination of Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino last Aug. 21 at the Manila International Airport. General Fabian Ver, 64, chief of staff of the armed forces and a loyal confidant of President Ferdinand Marcos' was the official ultimately responsible for security at the airport. But if the crowds were waiting for Ver to incriminate himself or his government, they were disappointed. In five hours of questioning before...
...public suspense over Ver's appearance was palpable. Among those especially eager to see him on the stand were members of Galman's family, who have reported that the accused assassin's wife was taken from her home in January by soldiers saying they were "under orders from General Ver." She has not been seen since. To avoid facing the Galmans, who came to the hearing with protest placards saying FATHER IS DEAD. IS MOTHER DEAD TOO?, the general arrived at the building an hour early, accompanied by a phalanx of guards...
...Gate 8. By then, Aquino's ebullience had vanished. Dressed in a white safari suit and a bulletproof vest that he had put on just before landing, Aquino waited calmly as three soldiers in khaki uniforms entered the plane. He was aware of the threat of General Fabian Ver, the armed forces chief of staff, to send him "back on the same plane he arrived...
...aides. While still in the U.S., Aquino had told TIME that he feared the loyalist forces around Marcos more than tie did the President. The reason: in the long run, Aquino felt, he would be an obstacle to their political ambitions. Aquino was known to fear Armed Forces Chief Ver above all others in the Marcos circle. A four-star general who was once Marcos' driver and bodyguard, Ver is considered to be totally loyal to the President and is widely regarded as the second most powerful man in the Philippines...
Begin's resignation announcement caught the White House by total surprise. "It's an internal matter, and we are withholding comment until we see what happens," said a spokesman. How ver, the Administration has long viewed the Begin government as a major obstacle blocking implementation of Reagan's comprehensive peace plan for the Middle East. But the White House realized that Begin's successor might well carry out the same policies. Like the Israeli nation, the Administration waited anxiously as the week began to learn the resolution of the political crisis. - By James D. Atwater. Reported...