Philippines' terror elections | Socialist Action 1983

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ON 7 FEBRUARY the Phillippines goes to the polls in what promises to be an object dent Marcos' opponents have been killed and 60,000 jailed.

This includes the principal leader of the liberal opposition, Benigno Aquino, who was shot at the airport on his return from exile over three years ago.

Aquino's widow, Corazon Aquino, is the only candidate standing against Marcos. Virtually the other opposition organisaLONS boycotting elections including the Democratic tront whose armed wing the New People's Armv has ar estimated million followers and has opened lesson in fraud, guerilla fronts in 59 of the Philippines z3t ones. Unemployment Philippines is now 30 per cent and 40 per cent of the people of Manila, capital, squatters. per cent of the population suffers malnutrition.

Aquino's assassin, General Ver, has just been aquitted of the murder by a millary Inoullai Marcos caused a bit of a stir as mayo domes at a business lunch that he would be taking Ver, who used to be his chauffeur back on as chief of stafi

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ballot-rigging and government-inspired terror. Since martial law was declared in 1972 100,000 of presi-