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<text id=91TT0726>
<title>
Apr. 08, 1991: World Notes:The Philippines
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Apr. 08, 1991 The Simple Life
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 44
World Notes
THE PHILIPPINES
Ramos Jumps Into the Race
</hdr><body>
<p> Had the armed forces remained loyal to Ferdinand Marcos in
the wake of massive election cheating in 1986, Corazon Aquino
would not have become President. Had rebel factions of the army
succeeded in the coup attempts that followed, Aquino would not
still be in office today. In almost every case, the man who made
the difference was General Fidel Ramos, Marcos' mutinous vice
chief of staff and Aquino's faithful Secretary of Defense. Last
week Ramos, 63, declared his intention to go after the top job
himself--constitutionally. In a move that surprised many of
the other 10 contenders, Ramos announced his candidacy for the
1992 presidential election at a rally of his newly organized
United People Power Movement. He followed up his speech with a
replay of the exuberant frog jumps with which he had greeted
first reports of Marcos' flight from the Philippines.
</p>
<p> Ramos told 500 cheering delegates that "politics must
serve not the faction or the party but the nation." Aquino, who
has said she will not seek another six-year term, has not
indicated whom she will support for the ruling-party nomination
next month, but Ramos faces an uphill battle.
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</body></article>
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