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PHILIPPINE HUKS RELEASED ON BAIL
The Philippine government's sotl-^owauBtstftresfurther legal sstback last weak with the granting of ball to iomorur Huh rebels bv the court of Paapanga Tha court's decision
was basedrecedent set last July when the Supress Court,egal technicality, granted ballew trialrominent Cosjwnist leader had been esotsocsd to life Inprlsonnent. Under ths
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the prospects are thatlsast another hundred iaprieoned Hux* will bs given temporary freedcei lo ths near future.
Although ths Supreme Court has agrssd to reconsider Its July decision, tbsrs appears to bs little bops lt sill reveres Its position. Horsovsr, the solicitor general haapublicly to criticise tbs court for living in aa "Ivoryhereby generating: crltlclsa of tha sagaaysay adalnlstratloo for lnterfarlng ln Judicial affairs.
Other efforts of govsrnaent leadsrs to bringevsrsal of tbs Suprea* Court's action have provoked heavy coogresslon-al crltlclaaj. Kagaaysay'a hasty atteapt to forca paaaagaill tightening ths penalty for rebellionpsclal congressional session aatboatllltj, aad aaa summarily plgson-holsd. Thraata of top Military officials to raalgn over th* laaua only served to encourageand press attacksundu* military ovar civil affair*.
sagaaysay ba* coasts ntsd tbat ha feara that aa aanymprisoned Huks -ill ba released aad thate-vslopasnt vould return th* country to tbs situation ossvar, little likelihood tba released mp ball or attaapt to rsvlvs tha lagging Communist rsbellloo. Philippine security agencies, Moreover, haveconfldsnce la their ability to deal slth the added burden of surveillance of tb* released Buk*.
Tbs release of larg*
number* of cooflraod Communists probably including: Srsabere of the polltburo, aould aevartbe-lea* boost Communist aorale and provide aor* eff*ctlvs direction of th* Coaaunlsts' *ubver*lv* activities. Tbs Philippine publicar lea* alert to tha threat of long-range covert tactics than to that of open rebellion. There is already soas sentlasnt in tbs Philippine* favor of amnesty to all former Huks, and security officials are concerned that tbe present trend will encourage rural sympathizers, vhohav* hesitated to support the Cosaniolata.
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