University Daily Kansan, October 25, 1984
NATION AND WORLD
Page 13
Marcos to try accused officials
By United Press International
MANILA, Philippines — Military officials yesterday vowed to uphold civilian authority despite an official report by a civilian panel that blamed the armed forces chief and other officials for assassination of opposition leader Ferdinand Marcos.
The report by the four-member majority of an inquiry commission charged yesterday that Armed Forces Chief Gen. Fabian Ver, Manila police chief Maj. Gen. Prospero Olivas, Aviation Security Command chief Brig. Gen. Luther
The panel recommended the immediate indictment and trial of all the defendants.
Custodio. 22 soldiers and a civilian participated either directly in the Aug. 21, 1983 murder or in a subsequent cover-up.
Marcos, moving swiftly to defuse a potentially violent reaction to the report, temporarily relieved of duty Ver and other military officials who had been under minority report issued Tuesday. He promised to try all those named.
"We should show to the world that nobody in our country is immune to the operative power of our laws, regardless of their rank or status." Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile said in an appeal for calm.
opposition groups, however, called Marcos "morally, legally and politically responsible" for the assassination of his arch rival at Manila
International Airport upon his return
from three years of self-exile.
He was handed an end to
Marcos' lawy rule.
WARSAW, Poland – The Polish government yesterday said an Interior Ministry official and four other people have been detained for questioning about the abduction of a pro-Solidarity priest.
The commission's chairwoman, Corazon Agrava, broke with the other four panelists and issued her own minority report Tuesday, naming one general and six escorts but exonerating Ver.
By United Press International
The announcement coincided with an appeal to Pope John Paul II for the immediate release of Rev. Jerzy Popluszko and growing fears for his life five days after he was kidnapped near the northern city of Torum.
Populuszko, known for monthly anti-state sermons, was abducted from his car by three people, including one dressed as a traffic policeman, who stopped his driver ostensibly for an alcohol check.
Pope appeals for priest's return
Solidarity founder Lech Walesa and leaders of the banned union's underground blamed the government for last Friday's kidnapping and warned of "incalculable consequences" if he was harmed.
to take more drastic measures to find Popieluszko.
Pro-Solidarity workers at the Warsaw Steel Mill said they would strike Monday to press authorities
Priests at Popielusko's St. Stanislaus Kostka church in Warsaw, who three days earlier had prayed for his "safe return," offered prayers asking for God "to protect him from premature death."
At the Vatican, the Polish-born Pope John Paul II denounced the abduction as "shameful" and "inhuman" in appealing for Popieluszko's release.
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