The World - News from March 24, 1986

Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos has said he felt like committing suicide after he gave up power but rejected the idea because of his Roman Catholic religion, a Japanese lawmaker reported. Toshio Yamaguchi, a member of Parliament, told reporters in Honolulu that he met with Marcos and his wife, Imelda, at their Hickam Air Force Base guest quarters over the weekend. “You Japanese can commit hara-kiri, but we’re Catholic and cannot commit suicide. But I felt I would like to commit hara-kiri,” Yamaguchi said Marcos told him. Marcos, his wife and a number of relatives and aides have been at Hickam since Feb. 26.