The World - News from April 24, 1986
Philippine President Corazon Aquino’s military chief of staff authorized the arrest of leaders of a renewed Muslim insurgency on the southern island of Mindanao if they are caught committing or inciting rebellion. However, Gen. Fidel V. Ramos told his field commanders to first have discussions with the rebels “to persuade them to desist.” One insurgent force--the Mindanao People’s Democratic Movement, led by a former member of the Philippine National Assembly, Ruben Canoy--said it wants to establish a separate state, one that would swallow up about one-third of Philippine territory and be called the Federal Republic of Mindanao.
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