taking over the government."
Just before the 1989 coup attempt, Eduardo Cojuang- co, an influential and wealthy crony of Marcos,
if they have repented of their offenses," Land6 says. "But indiscriminate forgive- ness of those who, having plotted against the state, show no remorse and make clear their intention to repeat their offenses at their first opportunity, is hardly in the pub- lic interest." After the first (July 1986) mili- tary coup attempt against Aquino failed, the...