- Fabian Ver
Fabian Ver was a former General and the former Chief of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines under PresidentFerdinand Marcos .Infobox Military Person
name=Fabian E. Ver
lived=January 20 ,1920 -November 21 ,1998
placeofbirth=Sarrat,Ilocos Norte
placeofdeath=Bangkok, Thailand
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rank=General
branch=Philippine Army
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laterwork=Military and political career
He was the second most powerful man during the Marcos regime and he was also known as Marcos' chief enforcer, and was the highest among the
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Ver kept aging officers loyal to himself on the armed forces, thus making young officers disgruntled. The Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) was formed as a result of this. The RAMboys, as they were known in the Philippines, played a key role in Marcos' overthrow. As the Marcos regime grew unpopular during these years, Marcos would be in and out of office due to kidney ailments. Political mismanagement would ensue, culminating with the 1983 assassination of popular oppositionist Senator
Benigno Aquino, Jr. upon his return from exile in the United States. Ver was accused of having conspired with a certain Rolando Galman who shot Aquino. The Agrava Commission, an independent fact-finding body put up by Ferdinand Marcos, would have Ver be indicted for the crime, but was subsequently acquitted in 1985 by Marcos. After the tumultuous snap elections on February 7, Marcos announced that he was replacing Ver withFidel Ramos due to his alleged ties with the Aquino assassination although he tacitly kept Ver in power.Later life
After the snap elections of 1986, the
EDSA Revolution would come. Ver advised Marcos to give him orders to fire on the swelling number of protesters, but Marcos stubbornly refused to and dismissed him with a salute. This led to the end of the Marcos regime. Ver went into exile in the United States along with his children, and would not be heard of for a while in spite of his allegiations against him by the government. In November 1998, it was revealed that he was terminally ill fromemphysema and ailing inBangkok . He died onNovember 21 and his remains were brought back to the Philippines. He was buried in his hometown of Sarrat,Ilocos Norte .ee also
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*Presidential Security Group / Presidential Security Command [http://www.psg.mil.ph/about.php]
* National Intelligence Security Authority (NISA) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Intelligence_Coordinating_Agency]
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