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THE WEEK, Page 20WORLDTo Two . . . and Counting
So far we know who will not be the next President of the
Philippines
After five days of vote counting, all that was clear in last
week's Philippine presidential election was which of the seven
candidates had lost. They included House Speaker Ramon Mitra and
Vice President Salvador Laurel, nominees of the country's two
largest parties. Imelda Marcos, the former President's widow,
was sixth, and Eduardo Cojuangco, a longtime Marcos colleague,
was third.
The front runners at week's end, with less than a quarter
of the vote tabulated, were former Defense Minister Fidel Ramos
and reform candidate Miriam Defensor Santiago. Ramos, who is
President Corazon Aquino's choice to succeed her, had edged
slightly ahead of Santiago, who promptly charged that
"wholesale election fraud" was taking place.
That seemed entirely possible. A group of international
election observers reported that some poll officials were too
drunk to keep track of voters, ballot boxes were being opened
without authorization, and threats and bribery were widespread.
The glacial vote count continues this week. The outgoing
Congress, which is tabulating the votes for President and Vice
President, will eventually announce the winners.