Mr Aquino's government, which is packed with people whose main qualification is their loyalty to his family, has not escaped the finger-pointing.

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The first to be arrested, Juan Ponce Enrile, is a serial offender, having been arrested for trying to overthrow Corazon Aquino's government in the late 1980s.

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On July 20, a lower court judge in suburban Quezon City acquitted Manotoc of tax evasion charges pressed by the government of President Aquino.

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