Cory Aquino phone bugged
May 09, 2007
MANILA — A crude bugging device has been found
attached to the telephone line of former
Philippine president Corazon Aquino, her son said Thursday.
A telephone crew on routine inspection of its
facilities near the home of Aquino, 76, in
suburban Quezon city found the bug on Wednesday,
her son Benigno Aquino Jr said.
AquinoÂ’s son, who is seeking a Senate office
against President Gloria ArroyoÂ’s political
party, said he suspected government was behind the illegal wire-tapping.
“Naturally, the immediate suspects would be the
government. ItÂ’s just a bit worrisome, since my
mother is already old and retired, and when the
election is already near these things happen. It
clearly violates the law with impunity,” Aquino said.
Aquino had earlier claimed the government had
launched a campaign to sully his reputation ahead of the May 14 mid-term vote.
Corazon Aquino, however, was unfazed, saying she
would let police finish their investigation. “I
have been through the worst,” she said.
Aquino was swept into the presidency after a
popular revolt topped dictator Ferdinand Marcos
in 1986, ending a 20-year regime marked by widespread graft and abuses.
Three years earlier her husband, Benigno senior,
was gunned down by alleged government agents as
he returned from exile in the US, galvanising the
political opposition that eventually led to MarcosÂ’ downfall.
Aquino has been back in the spotlight in the past
two years after she openly broke away from Arroyo
and called on her to step down when allegations
surfaced that she cheated to win in the May 2004 vote. — AFP
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