The World - News from Jan. 15, 1986
Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos said that Gen. Fabian C. Ver may retire as armed forces commander before the Feb. 7 presidential election. If he does, Marcos said, Gen. Fidel V. Ramos will take command during the election. Ramos was acting commander last year when Ver, a confidant of Marcos, stood trial with 24 other soldiers on conspiracy charges in the 1983 assassination of opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr. All were acquitted.
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