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WORLD, Page 47World NotesTHE PHILIPPINESBody Politics
Dead men may tell no tales, but they can certainly cause
trouble. Last week, as the Philippine government continued to block
the return of the body of Ferdinand Marcos, public outrage was
growing over its lack of compassion. Critics across the political
spectrum have called President Corazon Aquino's ban "un-Filipino."
The government claimed that if Imelda Marcos was allowed to bring
her husband home, his funeral might touch off disturbances that
could threaten the country's economic recovery. Aquino knows the
power of a funeral: her political career was ignited when massive
crowds turned out for the 1983 burial of her husband Ninoy,
assassinated while being escorted by Marcos' soldiers.
Marcos supporters have petitioned the Philippine Supreme Court
to reverse its earlier decision denying re-entry to Marcos. In the
meantime, Imelda plans to place her husband's body temporarily in
an aboveground crypt. Plans for a wake in the auditorium of
Manila's Honolulu consulate were dropped, perhaps after it was
discovered that the hall was named after Ninoy Aquino.