Aquino wants truth about her husband

Fri, 21 Aug 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: AP

MANILA (AP): Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino said
yesterday a former military chief of staff under late dictator
Ferdinand Marcos should now tell the truth about her husband's
assassination 15 years ago.

President Joseph Estrada said Wednesday he would allow former
Gen. Fabian Ver to return to the Philippines after fleeing the
country with Marcos at the height of the 1986 "people power"
revolt that toppled the strongman.

Estrada said Ver had to face charges over the Aug. 21, 1983
assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., who was
shot moments after he stepped off the plane on his return from
exile in the United States.

The assassination triggered massive anti-Marcos protests that
culminated in the revolt that swept Aquino's widow to the
presidency.

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