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University Daily Kansan
The Philippines
Thursday, Feb. 27, 1986
Aquino frees 33 political prisoners
The Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — President Corazon Aquino ordered the immediate release today of 33 political prisoners, and her government announced that the cases of another 400 people were being studied.
Gen. Fidel V. Ramos, the new military chief, announced the releases after an early morning Mass, where one prisoner, identified as Jaime Verdan, told the crowd, "I cannot say how happy I am. I thank 'people's power' and God."
Human-rights groups estimated that about 500 people were held under the Presidential Detention Act adopted during the 20-year rule of Ferdinand Marcos.
Aquino said earlier yesterday that she would seek a cease-fire with communist guerrillas but not the extradition of Marcos, who was driven into exile by her "people power" revolt.
Salvador Laurel, the new vice president, announced plans for a general political amnesty and said the insurgents were not truly communists, but people Marcos forced into fighting. There has been little guerrilla activity since the election, which they boycotted.
The United States had been concerned about the insurgency and urged Marcos to reorganize the military to combat it. A primary barrier to reorganization was Gen. Fabian C. Ver. Marcos' armed-forces chief and confidant, who fled with him.
Aquino, who blames Marcos for the 1983 assassination of her husband, Benigno, told a news conference, "I have said I can be magnanimous in victory. I would like to show by example that the sooner we can forget our hurt, then the easier it will be for our country to start rebuilding from the ruins left us."
Gen. Fabian C. Ver, Marcos' armed forces commander, and 25 others were acquitted of conspiracy in the slaying. Ver fled the country with Marcos.
Aquino met with 11 members of the Marcos government yesterday, including Prime Minister Cesar Virata, and asked them to stay on until her appointee receive National Assembly approval.
Marcos, 68, was brought down by a fraud-tainted presidential election, which Aquino refused to concede, combined with U.S. pressure and a military-civil revolt.
Another special commission will study constitutional reform, she said.
Aquino, 53, said a new Commission on Good Government would investigate alleged illegal transfers of wealth from the country by Marcos and his associates.
Loud applause greeted her announcement that although the riverside presidential palace will remain the seat of government, she will not live there because it is not fitting for the leader of an impoverished nation to live in extravagance.
18 receive positions in Philippine cabinet
United Press International
MANILA, Philippines - President Corazon Aquino appointed 18 members of her Cabinet and inner circle yesterday, including prominent human rights lawyers, businessmen, civic leaders and veteran politicians who previously supported her predecessor, Ferdinand Marcos.
"There is a gathering of talents," said Ramon Mitra, a member of the National Assembly who is a cattle
raiser and was appointed as agriculture minister.
Aquino also reappointed Juan Ponce Enrile, defense minister, who co-led the rebellion which brought down the Marcos government on Tuesday. Enrile had supported Marcos for more than 20 years.
Aquino named Rene Saguisig, a Harvard-educated lawyer, as her spokesman and Joker Arroyo, an attorney, as her executive secretary. The presence of Arroyo and
Saguisag, two of the country's leading human rights lawyers, underscores Aquino's concern for improving the country's dismal human rights record.
One woman was appointed to the Cabinet yesterday, 43-year-old Lourdes Quisumbing, as education minister.
Salvador Laurel, vice president who surrendered his presidential ambitions and agreed to run on Aquino's ticket, was rewarded by being
nominated for prime minister and by being appointed foreign minister.
Jovito Salonga, Yale-educated and one of the country's top lawyers, was appointed to head the Commission on Good Government and will work to retrieve the hidden wealth allegedly stashed abroad by the Marcos family and his supporters.
Aquilino Pimentel, a Jesuit-trained former law school dean, was appointed minister of local governments.
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