The World - News from July 22, 1985
The Philippines’ opposition suffered a jolt when the brother of assassinated leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr. caused a split in his own group, called Atom. Agapito Aquino and about 80 followers walked out of a meeting called to decide whether the moderate Atom would join a new leftist coalition called Bayan (People). Aquino’s spokesman said that Atom, which has led some of the major demonstrations against the rule of President Ferdinand E. Marcos, “is not anti-Communist” but “has no room for personalities who are too left.”
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