The late former President Fidel V. Ramos had twice rejected calls to take over the government during critical periods which also imperiled the country, according to his former national security adviser. | FMangosingINQ /PDI
Almonte said there were debating “voices” on who should replace Marcos, as they considered the dictator’s challenger Corazon Aquino, or any of the key players in the withdrawal of support for Marcos — then vice chief of taff of the Armed Forces Ramos, or then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile.
But Ramos balked at that proposal, Almonte said, as he quoted him saying: “I don’t want to be a part of a decision or action that will make this nation a banana republic ruled by the barrel of a gun.”After Aquino became president, at least nine coups were mounted against her government.
The former adviser of Ramos quoted him as saying in response: “I don’t want to preside over the dissolution of the republic. If there’s anybody in the military, police, or the civilian government who would like to be president, let them resign or retire, whichever it may be, then submit themselves to elections.”
Almonte said further, quoting Ramos: “Tell your friends that I, as secretary of defense, will defend the government of Cory Aquino and ensure her personal safety is in place.”Ramos wanted to protect the “efforts of earlier heroes who brought about this republic,” Almonte said. “You will note that our older heroes brought about the life of the Republic of the Philippines, whereas President Ramos defended the life of that republic.
“I would like to submit to our nation, to everybody, that President Ramos deserves as much… I think three days [are] too long to prepare a proclamation to name Fidel Ramos a national hero of this nation,” he added.
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