Arroyo, Ramos make up over mutiny

Arroyo, Ramos make up over mutiny

PHILIPPINES: President Gloria Arroyo and former Philippines
president Fidel Ramos have moved swiftly to patch up a spat
linked to a failed military rebellion, the incumbent's spokesman
said on Friday.

Ramos, the president between 1992-1998, reacted strongly on
Thursday after Arroyo appeared to blame him for the spate of
military rebellions that have dogged the Southeast Asian country
since the late 1980s.

Ramos, who is visiting Singapore, on earlier Friday urged
Arroyo to stand in next year's presidential election, saying her
effective handling of the July 27 military mutiny has given her
the "moral high ground."

Arroyo said in a speech to Southeast Asian finance ministers
on Wednesday, 10 days after quelling the mutiny, that "the
resurgence of mutinies can be traced in part to a reluctance to
enforce justice against military adventurism." --AFP