Former Philippine President Cory Aquino Ordered at least Opposition-Controlled Radio Station
LOS ANGELES TIMES MANILA — Philippine President Corazon Aquino ordered the closure Wednesday of at least three opposition-controlled radio stations and deployed army tanks around her palace after loyal military leaders reported that another, “much more serious” attempted coup will be staged against her before the end of October. The disclosure came after a marathon series of Cabinet meetings Tuesday night and Wednesday in which the armed forces chief, Gen. Fidel V. Ramos, said the coup plot involves a powerful new “tactical alliance” between all major right-wing opposition leaders and hundreds of renegade soldiers, among them Col. Gregorio (Gringo) Honasan, who led the Aug. 28 coup attempt that nearly succeeded. Citing military intelligence reports and “voluminous documents” seized in Tuesday night raids on five Manila hide-outs being used by the renegade troops, Ramos asserted that deposed President Ferdinand E. Marcos and his close friend, Eduardo Cojuangco, are both involved in t