ABSTRACT
Did Aquino fully utilize the leadership potential of her impetus to Malaca:fiang Palace? In a taped interview with the author, former President Aquino still preferred to dwell on the divisiveness within her first cabinet but almost acknowledged that she had underestimated the potential of the impetus she had acquired and generated by taking the EDSA route to the presidency (Aquino 1995). Elsewhere, Aquino has acknowledged underestimating the importance of choosing cabinet members who could work together effectively (Liswood 1995:123).
