Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 20 1987- -9 Gorazon Aquino performing tight balancing act By professional organizations Fernando Del Mundo Analysis — President Corazon Aquino with a major Cabinet reinuffle this week la performing a tight balancing act bring to appease simmering discontent that rivaling liberal and itarjr sparked the Aug 28 mutiny led forces m her government by CoL Gregorio Honasan and For the moment Aquino is forced her into this week's tilting to the right giving in to painful Cabinet shakeup In an attempt to shore up military demands for the removal of aides in support for her beleaguered the wake of the bloodiest coup administration Aquino also attempt against her promised to improve ties with administration the legislative branch by holdOn Friday Aquino announced ing regular meetings with key she will tour the nation's mili- members of the Senate and tary bases the source of the House of Representatives left-leani- th But even as Aquino moved to defend her right flank she faced fresh pressure from the left with a protest two blocks from her palace by activist students who complained of a military crackdown on their organizations Some analysts say recent events appeared to be driving her away from liberal groups and from the middle forces including business and so-call- Open Unta 10PM 7 Days A effective advocates of liberal policies Armed forces chief Fidel Ramos who has been pushing for Arroyo’s dismissal and has been credited with gaining the most from the recent moves issued a guarded reaction to his which formed the backbone of her People Power revolution ‘ She is being isolated" said Francisco Nemenzo a reflected political science professor The Cabinet shakeup began with the departure of Vice President Salvador Laurel from foreign secretary and Jaime Ongpin as finance secre- Nemenzo the policial scientist said the sacking of Arroyo may appease Ramos and his followers but he does not think it will mollify Honasan the mutiny leader and former security aide to opposition Sen Juan Ponce Enrile Honasan 39 has called for the formation of a civilian televised news conference junta which would include Ramos 59 is charged with Enrile among others and the directing the military response suspension of the new Congress to the country’s in what Nemenzo called “a communist insurgency He is euphemism for military The left wing of Aquino's government is viewed as the big loser because of the sacking of Executive Secretary Joker Ar- and special counsel Teodoro Locsin two of the most Week dsnso departure “If the soldiers see that our government is moving against armed threats against our country I think their morale will go up” Ramos ssid in a tary royo also tackling a simmering Moslem separatist insurgency in the southern island of Min-- : dictatorship" Sept 20 through Sat Sept 28 1987 Prices Good Sun Ramos and Enrile the co-le- d army revolt that drove Ferdinand Marcos into exile after 20 years in power but 63 a Aquino fired Enrile Harvard-traine- d lawyer in November after Honasan and other aides were implicated in an earlier coup bid Enrile is also courting Laurel Laurel has refused to join forces with Enrile but his The latest Fall lookslow low prices now at Fred Meyer v a j' ' V £ departure is expected to exacerbate Aquino's problems In a bid to pacify Laurel 58 one local newspaper reported brother the of but defense l7 he vice president has already aunched his offensive against ' her In radio interviews blasted Aquino’s raw1 v V Xf a ' v n n 4 1:"'- t ? 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