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