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12 NOVEMBER 1985
SIR:
INFORMATION PROGRAM Ri NDIGANBAYAN DECISION
THE OBJECT FIRST, 18 TO PREPARE PEOPLE'S MIND FOR
A VERDICT FAVORABLE TO THE ACCUSED; AND THEN TO
JUSTIFY THE DECISION, ONCE IT IS HANDED DOWN.
THE PROGRAM IS TO START IMMEDIATELY; AND TO CARRY
ON FOR AS LONG AS THE SANDIGANBAYAN DECISION CONTINUES
TO BE A PUBLIC ISSUE.
PRE-DECISION PHASE
A, FOR THE PRINT MEDIA
1, A FOUR-PART SERIES, IN THE BULLETIN TODAY ONLY
CARRING THE BYLINE OF THE BULLETIN REPORTER
COVERING THE SANDIGANBAYAN.
. PART ONE: A SUMMARY OF TH
ING ON THE TRIAL.
PART TWO; THE JUDGES: EMPHASIZING THEIR
STERLING RECORDS,
. PART THREE; THE KEY CHARACTERS IN THE TRIAL
EMPHASIS ON LUPINO LAZARO AND THE CRYING
LADY'S TESTIMONY, MENTION OF LAZARO'S
OFFICE OF MEDIA AFFAIRS: SORDID PERSONAL LIFE; AND THE QUIJANO
WOMAN'S LEGAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROFILE,
d. PART FOUR: THE REPORTER SUMS UP. A "SCORE SHEET"
OF THE PROSECTION AND DEFENSE PRESENTATIONS
OF EVIDENCE.
2, COLUMN FEEDS TO FRIENDLY COMMENTATORS--INCLUDING
ADVANCE INFORMATION ON DEMONSTRATIONS AND PUBLIC GATHER-
INGS THE OPPOSITION ARE PLANNING TO TIME WITH THE PRO-
MULGATION OF A DECISION,
FOR THE VERNACULAR PUBLICATIONS, WE SHALL RECYCLE
SOME OF THE MATERIAL FROM THE BULLETIN AND THE COLUMN
FEEDS--CONCENTRATING ON THE LIWAYWAY CHAIN AND THE
POPULAR METRO-MANILA TABLOIDS,
B, FOR NATIONAL RADIO
OUR ACTIVITY HERE WILL CONCENTRATE ON PREPARING
COMMENTARIES AND OTHER "EXCLUSIVE" INFORMATION FOR
FRIENDLY BROADCASTERS IN METRO MANILA AND THE OTHER
KEY CITIES.
THE SAME GUIDELINE WILL BE USED, AS FOR BULLETIN
SERIES, SOME OF COLUMN FEEDS MAY ALSO BECOME TOPICS
FOR SPECIFIC COMMENTARIES,
. EOR TELEVISION
1, WE ARE PREPARING A 30-MINUTE SPECIAL REPORT
SIMILAR IN TONE TO THE BULLETIN SERIES, TO BE AIRE!
CHANNEL SEVEN OR CHANNEL NINE. THE MATERIAL IS TO BE PREPARED BY THE NEWS
DEPARTMENT OF MBS-4, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE
OMA PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THIS PROGRAM,
2, A SECOND SPECIAL-REPORT TYPE PROGRAM IS TO
BE PREPARED FOR SHOWING OVER THE PILIPINO STATION,
CHANNEL TWO,
THE TWO PROGRAMS ARE TO BE LOW-KEY, "OBJECTIVE"
IN TONE AND NON-ARGUMENTATIVE, THEY WILL BE MADE UP
'S FROM THE SANDIGANBAYAN PROCEEDINGS,
ERNATIONA LENG
1, WE WILL ALSO SHOW THE CHANNEL SEVEN "SPECIAL
REPORT" ON EXISTING NMPC TV OUTLETS IN CHICAGO, LOS
ANGELES AND HONOLULU, WHICH ARE BEAMED TO THE FILIPINO
COMMUNITIES IN THESE US CITIES,
2, WE PROPOSE BUYING TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW
YORK LOCAL STATIONS FOR THE SAME PROGRAM,
POST-DECISION INFORMATION PROGRAM
DAY ONE; THE DECISION IS HANDED DOWN,
1, A PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY REPORT OF THE EVENT IS
TO BE DRAFTED NOW, TO EN 1 WE HIT THE RIGHT
TONE FOR THE PAMARAN STAT
FROM GENERAL VER AND THE PRESIDENT, THE INITIAL STORY WILL ALSO MENTION AS BACKGROUND
THE NUMBER OF WITNESSES HEARD, THE AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE
AMINED: AND THE PREVIOUS RECORDS OF THE THREE JUSTICES.
2, DRAFT STATEMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR GENERAL
VER AND THE PRESIDENT'S CONSIDERATION,
§, COORDINATION WITH JUSTICE PAMARAN ON THE TONE
AND MAIN POINTS OF HIS STATEMENT EXPLAINING THE DECISION.
TELEX PHILIPPINE FOREIGN MISSIONS TO GUIDE
AMBASSADORS AND THEIR STAFFS IN HOW TO REPLY TO FOREIGN
PRESS STORIES AND COMMENT ON THE DECISION.
IMMEDIATELY PRINT THE FULL TEXT OF THE DECISION
IN PAMPHLET FORM, FOR NATIONAL AND FOREIGN CIRCULATION.
DAY TWO: REACTIONS TO THE DECISION
1, AN INTERVIEW WITH JUSTICE AGRAVA, DETAILING HER
REACTION TO THE DECISION, THIS WILL BE COVERED BY
PRINT, RADIO AND TELEVISION.
2, JUSTICE LAZARO TO HELP LINE UP OTHER FRIENDLY
INTERVIEWEES, SUGGESTED NAMES; JUSTICE MARTIN AND
GUILLERMO SANTOS; MILLORA OF THE INTEGRATED BAR;
PROFESSOR BAUTISTA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
LAW CENTER, DAY THREE; ANALYSIS OF THE DECISION BEGINS
1, ON DAY THREE, WE CAN BEGIN TO RUN FRIENDLY
ANALYSES OF THE DECISION AND ITS MEANING--AS THE
EDITORIALS, OP-ED PAGE FEATURES, AND FRONT-PAGE
BYLINERS,
PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY CAN COMMISSION A NOTED
CRIMINAL LAWYER TO WRITE HIS OWN ASSESSMENT OF THE
CASE--HOW THE COMPETING SIDES PRESENTED THEIR CASES,
AND HOW THE JUSTICES CAME TO A DECISION.
AT THIS POINT, WE CAN DO A WHERE ARE THEY Now?"
SERIES--TO GIVE OUR SIDE A CHANCE TO POINT OUT THAT THE
CRYING LADY NOW LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH ALL HER
FAMILY--INCLUDING THREE BROTHERS WHOSE APPLICATIONS FOR
VISAS HAD INITIALLY BEEN DENIED.
4. PR GINS FOR MAG CLES ON THE
DECISION,
WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE PRESIDENT'S CONSIDERATION
SEPARATE INFORMATION PROGRAM TO DEAL, WITH ‘THE ISSUE
OF GENERAL VER'S REINSTATEMENT AS CHIE
FOR THE PRESIDENT'S INFORMATION,
GREG{S, ‘CeNDARY
