
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 4, 1990                   TAG: 9007040082
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: HOLIDAY 
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE: MANILA, PHILIPPINES                                LENGTH: Short

MARCOS STILL FORBIDDEN TO RETURN TO PHILIPPINES

President Corazon Aquino said Tuesday that Imelda Marcos would remain forbidden to visit here on grounds of "national interest and security" in spite of her acquittal Monday by a New York jury of charges of having looted the Philippine treasury.

After a Cabinet meeting lasting more than three hours, Aquino declared, "The return of Mrs. Marcos would enable her to mobilize the underground network of the Marcos dictatorship, which is designed to overthrow this government and endanger our democratic gains and economic momentum."

Without offering any specific evidence, Aquino said Marcos "encouraged and supported" a coup attempt last December by thousands of soldiers led by Marcos supporters.

Several other leading politicians said, however, that it may be time to lift the travel ban and allow Marcos to come home to face criminal trial.

Analysts say the acquittal has raised new fears of instability and dealt another setback to Aquino's efforts to usher in a period of political normalcy.

by CNB