Monday, November 17, 1986^The Battalion/Page 7 World and Nation icaraguan judge says ‘no pardon’ for Hasenfus ire T tOdfj is Aw stana m. in 15 MANACiUA, Nicaragua (AP) — JN \\ j|stice Minister Rodrigo Reyes re- -awremBcted on Sunday the possibility of I on “[Birdoning American Eugene Ha- 7pm| scnfus, who drew 30 years in prison fir his part in a weapons delivery Unife' flight to U.S.-backed Contra rebels. “There is no reason to pardon him,” Reyes told The Associated ess by telephone one day after a political court handed down the ver- idder diet and the sentence. “The Nicara- 10an gu ; * n penitentiary system will guar antee that he fulfills his sentence.” ^Earlier remarks by President Dan iel Ortega had fed speculation that Hasenfus, 45, of Marinette, Wis., Bight eventually be pardoned. ~ B Ortega has not commented on the "^Bse since the American mercenary 'SB 18 convicted and his stand on a pos- s ' 11 - sible pardon is not known. ’ Reyes, chief prosecutor, said, “If a rdon is applicable, I am sure there 11 be a rejection by the population and the authorities would have to explain that step very well.” Pro-government newspapers on Sunday billed the verdict against Ha senfus as a conviction of the United States as well. “The 30 years for Hasenfus are a penalty for Yankee interventio nism,” El Nuevo Diario said. It quoted unidentified Nicara guan legal authorities as saying “this sentence should hit the eardrums of President Reagan (who should) ob serve that his obstinate intention of destroying the revolution will have severe responses.” The sentence handed down Sat urday by the three-member People’s Tribunal includes the maximum 30 years in prison for violating the maintenance of order and public se curity and the maximum three years for criminal association, with the sentences to be served concurrently. Hasenfus was the lone survivor when Sandinista forces in southern Nicaragua on Oct. 2 shot down a C- 123 plane that he said was carrying small arms to U.S.-backed rebels. Hasenfus on Saturday told the court he wanted to appeal the sen tence. His Nicaraguan attorney, En rique Sotelo Borgen, said that he did not know if he would appeal. Presidential spokesman Manuel Espinoza said Sunday that for the time being, Hasenfus will not be al lowed to give interviews. In Washington, a White House spokesman, Donald Mathes, said Saturday, “The outcome was de cided before the trial even started. It served no purpose other than to make propaganda.” State Department spokesman Pete Martinez said, “The Nicaraguan government’s treatment of Mr. Ha senfus violated many of his basic due process rights under both interna tional and Nicaraguan law.” 'A-Gd 11 hear tken fi Sinei .S. allies may get less aid after cuts in military budget ■ WASHINGTON (AP) — A num- | bei of close U.S. allies face sharp I qits in military aid because of con- Bessional budget reductions that Bagan administration officials say ^uld seriously damage American curity interests. I Officials are now making final de cisions on which countries will bear the brunt of the cutbacks, which left the administration $1.6 billion un der its $6.5 billion request for fiscal 1987. Countries where the United States has military base agreements may be hit hardest. Congress required that Egypt and Israel receive $3.1 billion of the $4.9 billion total aid program, with an other $345 million earmarked for Pakistan, a key ally because of its tuife U Filipino labor leader: uns may be required to guard democracy MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators marched through downtown Ma nila on Sunday denouncing De fense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, and a labor official told them guns may be needed to protect democracy. Nick Elman, an official of the leftist May 1st Movement labor union, said the 500,000-member union would strike nationwide Thursday to coincide with the fu neral of its slain leader, Rolando Olalia, a supporter of President ’ 1 1 Corazon Aquino. The union, the Philippines’ largest, has also called for a gen- eral strike on Monday in Manila. “But it is not the workers alone but the whole population that must move, if necessary with guns, to defend democracy,” El man, a union secretary, told about 3,500 demonstrators. I il The demonstrators chanted ^ ^ slogans accusing Enrile in last week’s killing of Olalia. They shouted, “Welga, welga!” mean- | ing “Strike, strike!” in Tagalog. At a rally by about 15,000 peo ple in downtown Manila on Sun day, Aquino said: “I want to be known as a leader of peace, but if there is no other choice, I am re ady to lead a war.” Before his death, Olalia warned that his union would launch a general strike if the mili tary attempted a coup. Rumors have been widespread that offi cers linked to Enrile planned to overthrow Aquino’s government because of her peace overtures to communist rebels. Gen. Fidel V. Ramos, the armed forces chief of staff, said on Sunday that Olalia’s killing should not be “aggravated by hate and reddened with further bloodshed.” Presidential spokesman Teo- doro Benigno announced Sunday what he said were important leads in the killing. Olalia’s body was found last Thursday off a highway in northeastern Manila. Benigno said police have pieced together a composite pic ture of one of five men seen near Olalia’s home before his disap pearance Wednesday. Three ve hicles used by the five have also been identified. proximity to Soviet-occupied Af ghanistan. “How do you distribute the pain?” asked one official, summing up the administration’s dilemma in decid ing which countries’ programs should be trimmed. State Department spokesman Charles Redman said on Friday that congressional insistence on giving some countries an irreducible amount “exacerbates the effect” of the overall cuts on other recipient countries. “Obviously, we are not satisfied with the outcome . . . and we’ll ex plore alternative ways of dealing with the situation,” he said. Announcement of the administra tion’s decisions is expected on Mon day, which is 30 days after the bud get resolution approved by Congress became law<< M ,u . Secretary of State George Shultz has expressed concern about the budget cuts, contending that the ad ministration’s foreign policy cannot function properly unless there are substantial resources to back it up. A U.S. official, who asked not to be identified, said he believes that some of the countries with which the United States has base agreements will undergo the largest aid reduc tions. Specifically, the official men tioned Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the Philippines. He added, however, that aid to virtually all of the 70 countries which take part in the mili tary grant program or the foreign military credit sales program will be cut back. Under base agreements signed with each country, the Reagan ad ministration has pledged its best ef forts to win from Congress $910 mil lion in military aid and so-called economic support funds for Turkey, $412 million for Spain, $205 million for Portugal and $180 million for the Philippines. In effect, the aid program is the “rent” the U.S. pays for the right to maintain forces at military bases in these countries. iscoveries offer promise of help for victims BOSTON (AP) — Scientists are eeling away the mystery from Alz- eimer’s disease, with discoveries re- orted in recent days pointing to- ard the cause and perhaps the cure of the leading cause of senility among elderly Americans. “We are at an exciting time in this esearch,” said Dr. Andrew Monjan, acting chief of the neuroscience of aging branch of the National Insti tute on Aging. Potential causes and cures are getting closer, he said. ( Three new pieces of work coming out last week were exciting, agreed Dr. Katherine Bick, deputy director of the National Institute for Neuro- .Alogical and Communicative Disor ders and Stroke. T “The data show that we haven’t