U.S. role in Philippine election
sparks a variety of comments
By Amy Moss
Of llw Kimrald
Ferdinand Marcos declared
himself winner of the Feb. 7
presidential elections in the
Philippines on Saturday. The
announcement means that Mar
cos. already in power for the
last 20 years, will serve another
six years.
His opponent. Corazon
Aquino, accuses Marcos of
stealing the election and held a
rally Sunday at which her sup
porters endorsed her as the
winner,
President Keagan denounced
the election Saturday, saying
that '* the elections were
marred by widespread fraud
and violence perpetrated large
ly by the ruling party,"
Previously. Keagan declared
there was no strong evidence of
fraud, despite findings by the
20-member team sent to observe
the election that fraud had oc
curred in favor of Marcos.
Campus-area students have
differing opinions regarding
what actions the U;S. should
take on reports of the fraudulent
election.
Andrew Morehouse, a senior
studying pre-mud. believes
preventative action in the form
of observers possibly would
have prevented fraud.
Streetwise
■'Maybe Ihey could hold
another election and have more
observers of the ballot boxes if
that's what it takes to have a fair
election,” Morehouse said,
"We should confront Mar
cos,” said Dominic O'Dierno, a
freshman studying music/ "We
should threaten to stop aid and
put some pressure on Marcos."
Bonnie Plant. a junior study
ing psychology, believes that
while the election presents a
difficult, situation, Reagan
should lake responsibility for
his statements of wanting a fair
election. But Plant brslieves in
volvement by the United States
' should not go too far.
"I. don’t think wo should step
. in and legislate democracy."
Plant said. "If (the Filipino peo
ple) • don’t want Marcos, they
should' kick him out
themselves!"
. "Economic action is probably
one of our only choices." said
Ian" Barrett,. a junior studying
” telecommunications. Barrett
believes report s', of a fraudulent
election should be met with
reduced aid in certain areas, but
ho adds that "whoever won. the
loser would say it isn't fair."
Brian Chilcote. a senior stu
dying geography, sympathizes
with the difficult position the
U.S. government is in.
"1 think they are handling it
as well as they can by publicly
denouncing it. It's tough to go
in there and say let's do it over,
especially with the Philippines
being so strategic.” Chilcote
said. He added that the U.S.
should let the Philippines have
some autonomy.
Idrus Shahab, a senior study
ing philosophy, agrees with let
ting the Philippines have in
dependence by not becoming
involved.
"Exploitation of the Third
World by the U.S. has p(rp9()y
Itruunn Haiti/ .Knintalli .
*We should confront
Marcos. We should
threaten to stop’ aid
and put some
p r e s s u r e o n
Marcos/ ...
:-r- Dominic
O’Diemo
7 don’t think we
should step in and
legislate democracy.
If (the Filipino peo
ple) don’t wanfMar
cos, they should
kick Him out
themselves
— Bonnie Plant
been too much," he said.
"It’s very strange for me to
see that the Americans sent a
committee to observe the elec
tions." said T.Y. Yoon, who is
seeking his masters in business.
He believes the United States
does not have any intent to help
the Philippines move towards
democracy. "The more basic in
fant (of the IJiiit^r) States) Is for
*Maybe they could
hold another elec
tion and have more
observers of the
ballot boxes if that*s
what it takes to have
a fair election. *
— Andrew
Morehouse
7 think they . are .
handling; it as well
as they ‘.can by.
publicly denouncing
it. It's tough to go in
there and say . let's
do it over, especially
with the Philippines "
. being so strategic. '
Brian Chilcote
■It-s very strange for
me to see that the
Americans . sent a
committee to
observe the elec
tions. The more
basic intent (of the
United States) is for
their own interests.'
— T.Y. Yoon
their own interests,” Yoon said.
Bill Ullman asked whether
the United States should sup
port a regime that is “totally in
ept.” He believes the United
States should cut economic aid.
"From the reports brought back
it would appear that it’s a dic
tatorship. It's hypocritical to
send a watchdog over there and
th^ij pot use it.”
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