With over 100 senior officers attending, the meeting lurched aimlessly from the coup to the counter-attack. Ver appointed Army Chief Gen. Josephus Ramas, a protegee with no significant combat experience, to lead the assault on the rebel camps.Veritas Special Oct 86
May isang daan (100) na senior officers na pagpipilian si Ver ngunit ang batà niyang si Josephus Ramas, Army commander na walang karanasan sa giyera, ang inatasan niyang mamuno sa aksiyon laban sa mga rebeldeng kampo.