Major partner quits Ramos-led coalition

Sat, 01 Jun 1996, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): The major partner in the ruling coalition of
President Fidel Ramos quit the political alliance yesterday,
accusing its former allies of "infidelity."

Philippine Press Secretary Hector Villanueva told reporters
Ramos hoped the decision by the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
(LDP) will not endanger the passage of key economic reform bills
in the bicameral Congress.

Party chief Edgardo Angara, declaring the split-up at an LDP
congress, said the "uneasy marriage" with the Lakas-National
Union of Christian Democrats (Lakas-NUCD) was being ended "on
grounds of infidelity to conjugal values."

He did not elaborate, but the party's decision followed
allegations that the Ramos party cheated one LDP senatorial
candidate out of victory in the May 1995 elections. Lakas-NUCD
denied the charge.

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